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.

As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same.

That's always at the heart and soul of Disney's features, the feeling of a family values.

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

I kind of fell into acting, but I have sung and trained since I was in the eighth grade.

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 wanted to be a part of the Disney history.