Top Sandra Oh Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Sandra Oh Biography

Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian actress known for her role as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, set in the United States. For her role, she earned a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also had a supporting role on the HBO original drama series Arliss. As of April 8, 2018, Oh began starring in the title role, Eve Polastri, in BBC America's murder-mystery series, Killing Eve.

Read about Sandra Oh in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Sandra Oh Quotes

The beginning of my career was so brilliant. It wasn't until ten years later that I went, 'Oh, that was a big, fat fluke and, boy, was I ever lucky.

Beginning, Boy, Boys, Career, Careers, Years

As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying when you don't work. It's very hard when you don't work. There have been times when I've been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna.

Actor, Hard Times, Scary, Terrifying, Theatre, Times

If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really challenging.

Challenges, Challenging, Couple, Couples, Therapy

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?

Changes, Life Changing, Needs, Person, Public, Way

Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We can choose to be afraid of it. Just stand there trembling, not moving. Assuming the worst that can happen. Or we step forward into the unknown, and assume it will be brilliant.

Afraid, Choice, Choices, Moving, Trembling, Yang

Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.

Essential, Jobs, People, Present, Respond, Space

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.

Actor, Actors, Becoming, Calling

And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food.

Buy, Equal, Kitchen, Together

I don't get jobs in films by auditioning. I'm not blonde. You can't place me in movies the way you can with certain actors. It's very difficult for my agents.

Actors, Auditioning, Blonde, Films, Jobs

Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church.

Church, Korean, Koreans, Set, Wherever

I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.

Challenges, Healthy, Learn, Think, Thinking

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.

Continue, Roles, Television, Things, Thinking

A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white. ' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white.

Casting, People, Room, White

I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality.

Exercise, Exercising, Fashion, Individuality

I was lucky on 'Arli$$. ' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.

Arli, Hbo, Lucky, Wanted

You should see my house. It's sort of explosive. Like a crazy person lives there.

Crazy, House, Lives, See, Should

I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into a lot of things.

Cowlicks, Grew, Grow, Hair, Things, Young

People ask me what I'm writing. They think I'm Sandra Tsing Loh. Or they ask about stand-up. 'No, that's Margaret Cho. ' I really think there is this kind of glomming, that they think we are somehow all the same person.

Cho, Kind, People, Sandra, Thinking, Writing

With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one.

Breasts, Dresses, Sexy, Support

We actors, we're a fragile bunch, and yet we need to be strong because 90% of our lives is rejection.

Actors, Needs, Rejection, Strong