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.

When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded.

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.

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

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

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

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.