Sandra Oh Quotes

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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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.
• 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…
• 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…
• Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.
• 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…
• I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.
• 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…
• 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 love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into…
• Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church,
• Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go,
• With small breasts, you don't have to wear a bra with dresses that have some support. It feels sexy without one.
• 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,…
• 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…
• I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.
• 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…
• I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.

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