Auli'i Cravalho Quotes

The first time I ever went to Hawaii, I was listening to island music, thinking, 'I could've been born here, and I'm pretty sure I would never play that.'

It was just an honor for me to be doing the role of Miguel because I identify with him. I grew up watching Disney movies, and 'Coco' shows a wonderful tradition, culture, and celebration that not many movies have shown.

If you grow up with traditions in your family, it's always nice to be able to get home and have those moments.

I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading.

It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.

My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am.

If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.

I think I find a commonality between characters and the different sides of myself.

Not to say that I saw myself in the Iron Sheik, but our whole family would gather around the TV on Saturday and watch the Iron Sheik wrestle. And he was the bad guy, so everyone else was booing him and cheering whoever he was fighting - it was the opposite in our house.

My parents always wanted me to learn about my culture and tried to make me eat Vietnamese food.

I'm from New Orleans, and I have a French last name - although I have no real relationship with my last name because it's not my name. I don't know my name.

Each Disney princess is unique in their own way, but Moana is especially close to my heart because she's Polynesian.

I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.

Writers find common ground not through the homelands they once inhabited but the thematic questions with which they grapple.

There are many wonderful themes from 'Moana' that people discover, and I also hope they're inspired to go on their own journeys and to learn more about the Polynesian culture, because we're pretty great! I'm so proud of the people the filmmakers talked to - the Oceanic Trust.

And I've found that, you know, the world of music is so vast and so broad, but at the same time, it's easy to find parts of yourself in places that you wouldn't even think that you were, you know?

Jughead, to me, was reflective of a teen experience that made a lot of sense to me.

I grew up in a family where, when we listened to music everybody would dance, so for me that's a very natural thing to do.

Whatever I talk about onstage is just my story. My fan base is broad... We all have the same mom; it's just that ours has an accent.

I have not been to Cuba, though if you count the stories my grandma told me growing up, I've been there in my head many times. I think someday I will see it, when things are different there, but I've come to feel like I really am a Miami girl.

I grew up around so many different people in so many different neighborhoods, but the Latino heritage, the neighborhoods, and people have always been a part of my life, ever since I was a kid.

Sonya is the way she is for a reason and I love enlightening the fans on what those things are because so many people are going through similar experiences and have amazing stories I love to hear and relate to myself.

I think the one thing about 'Total Divas' is that we all had to open up our lives. We all had to open up that book and show you every chapter we've been through. Then when you start comparing, you see we all have something in common. That's what made us all close.

Few of my classmates looked like me. While we shared similar aspirations and many good times, there's much to be said for making any challenging journey with people of the same cultural background.

I think by embracing your heritage and your history, it just serves you so much more, and you become a deeper and more powerful person by embracing them.