I'd be so fascinated to talk to a psychologist or sociologist about the deep psychological impact of seeing oneself represented. I don't think we've really touched the surface of what it does to the psyche of a people if the only image of you out there is negative. Or if it's never out there.

Sandra Oh

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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.

yang choices moving

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

rejection actors strong

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.

hero giving people

Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian... by Sandra Oh

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

asian hollywood actors

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.

space jobs people

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

support sexy dresses

I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted... by Sandra Oh

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

hbo lucky wanted

Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church. by Sandra Oh

Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church.

korean church

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.

london feels culture

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.

kitchen equal together

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.

writing people thinking

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.

asian parent goes-on

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 white people

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

healthy challenges thinking

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.

jobs mean years

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too h... by Sandra Oh

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

becoming actors calling

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.

careers boys years

You should see my house. It's sort of explosive. Like a crazy per... by Sandra Oh

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

crazy should house

If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really chal... by Sandra Oh

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

therapy couple challenges

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

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

individuality fashion exercise