Canadian - Actress | July 20, 1971 -
For me, I just am so grateful to be an actor.
Sandra Oh
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I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance.
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I don't think people get the pressure of becoming famous and what it does for an artist. What does that for your creative self. And what that can do for your mental health. And I would say, from year two to year six or eight of 'Grey's,' it was extremely difficult and very stressful and traumatic, if I'm being honest.
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There's, like, a dark needle or a nail that lives at the back of all of our heads, and that's your fear.
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Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.
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I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You should see my house. It's sort of explosive. Like a crazy person lives there.
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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?
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