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.
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.
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.
Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.
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.
I find it challenging having to make decisions by committee," Oh, 34, said. "I was lucky on 'Arli$$.' I basically got to do whatever I wanted because HBO is great for that.
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.
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 been doing in film because it's very limited.
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.
You just don't care about what people think. But it's hard to do because people tell you what they think all the time. It's sort of nuts. We actors, we're a fragile bunch, and yet we need to be strong because 90% of our lives is rejection. You have to figure out what really is important.
In Dancing at the Blue Iguana, her character moved from California to work in Seattle. Coincidentally, Sandra's Grey's Anatomy character did the same thing.
Sandra gets increasingly annoyed when TV shows and movies are set in New York and only Caucasians are shown.
Sandra was named in the #9 position on ex-fashion designer, Mr Blackwell’s, 47th annual report of the worst-dressed women of 2006.
In 2005, Sandra made People magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People.
Sandra was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 for her role in Grey’s Anatomy.
In highschool, Sandra was a member of the volleyball and cross-country skiing team.
Sandra won the FIPS d’OR Best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. She won this award for her role in The Diary of Evelyn Lau.
Sandra won the 2006 SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, for her role as Cristina on Grey's Anatomy.
Sandra won the 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Television Series for Grey's Anatomy.
After winning the FIPA d'Or for Best Actress, Sandra inpressed the French press by holding her interviews in French.
Sandra's voice was used in the "Three Little Pigs" installment in the animated series Happily Ever After, which aired on HBO.
Sandra's role in Airli$$ earned her the CableACE Award Actress in a Comedy Series in 1997.
Sandra is bilingual.
Sandra won her second Genie Best Actress award for Last Night, in 1998.
Sandra won Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble for Sideways.
In 1994, Sandra was awarded the Best Actress Genie, which is the Canadian equivalent of an Academy Award. This was awarded for her role in Double Happiness.
Sandra and her husband, Alexander Payne's, first film together was the Oscar-winning Sideways.
In highschool Sandra was on the honor roll and active in the student council.
Sandra began acting at the age of ten. Her very first role was in the play, The Canada Goose.
Sandra attended Sir Robert Borden High School.
Sandra married Alexander Payne in 2003 and filed for in divorce March of 2005. The couple announced that they "mutually decided to separate. The divorce was made final on December 21, 2006. Sandra’s ex-husband, Alexander Payne, has asked courts to deny her any spousal support, after she requested it when she initially filed for divorce.
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