Sandra Oh quotes

Sandra Oh is a Canadian actress widely known for her compelling performances in television and film. She gained international acclaim for her roles in series such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Killing Eve." She has received numerous awards and recognition for her talent and impact on the entertainment industry. Here are 24 of her quotes:

With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one. (Sandra Oh)
I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do. View quote
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Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes. View quote
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When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know? View quote
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Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really challenging. View quote
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I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that. View quote
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You should see my house. It's sort of explosive. Like a crazy person lives there. View quote
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I can get a better role in TV and work more constantly than I can waiting around for my friends in Canada to call me every four years - which they do - and I go up there and play a leading role. (Sandra Oh)
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. View quote
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All the jobs I've gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I've done - indie films, plays, short student films, TV - since I moved to the states in 1996. I mean, I have an entire career in Canada that nobody has seen. View quote
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I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about. View quote
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In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know. View quote
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Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church. View quote
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I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb. View quote
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I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Sandra Oh)
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. View quote
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I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated. View quote
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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. View quote
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Photo: Peabody Awards, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: Canadian Actress
Born: July 20, 1971
Quotes count: 24