"Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and……" — Sandra Oh

"Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes."

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31 Quotes by Sandra Oh

Sandra Oh has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying when you don't work. It's…
Sometimes the future changes quickly and completely, and we’re left with only the choice of what to do next. We…
A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're…
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…
All the jobs I've gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I've done -…
I don't get jobs in films by auditioning. I'm not blonde. You can't place me in movies the way you…
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…
I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me…
I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew…
Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church,

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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
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