I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass.

I'm waxed clean - hairless as the day as I was born. But don't say 'Tia has no pubic hair.' That's so clinical. Use a nice euphemism. Say 'She's mowed her secret garden' or 'She's cleared the way to the Promised Land.' Because that's what it is, right?

If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.

I love to sing, so I just figured that I was going to sing or something.

Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

I can't stand when people say, Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. OK, how about I hate you because you said that

I wanted to be a part of the Disney history.