Chandra Wilson

“I'm excited to flex my Broadway muscles - it keeps you alive as an actor.”

“I'm a one-uniform kind of person; I like to establish the look of a character and just stick with that - like a cartoon.”

“Directing is its own monster with its own set of muscles and exercises.”

“We could be much more empathic as a society.”

“If I want to know how I'm doing at work, I don't wait for a pat on the back; I ask the people who will give me a clear, objective opinion. When I need a real, arms-wrapped-around-me hug, I go to someone who does that. I stopped getting disappointed by my expectations from non-huggers.”

“I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries.”

“I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions.”

“I like to play the comic relief or parts that aren't necessarily comedic but that I can find the comedy in.”

“I cannot get into cottage cheese, and I've tried a lot. Yogurt is hard for me to eat, too. I have to hold my nose to get it down. There's something wrong with that.”

“I'm fortunate enough to have learned not to waste time getting frustrated with my kids, or co-workers, or friends and family for not doing everything I wish they would. If someone doesn't respond to me the way I want them to, I understand that it doesn't have anything to do with me.”

“You're not going to find a more committed performer than Sandra Oh - to every single word, action, history that informs the future. Every little thing.”

“The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.'”

“I have quite a few gay couples and gay couples with children in my life.”

“I'm trying to learn things behind the camera and what a producer does and shadowing the directors.”

“I worked at Deutsche Bank for about eight years on their overnight shift. I was working consistently in the theater. I just wanted to know that my rent was going to be paid on time!”

“Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life.”

“I keep getting amazing things to bring to life. There's always something to discover with 'Dr. Bailey,' something that brings her home to the audience, something that makes people say, 'I know that woman. I work with that woman.' It's incredibly flattering and I'm still finding new things with her all the time.”

“I just don't take stuff too seriously.”

“Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood.”

“'Grey's' is one of those shows... that's been able to ride so many waves.”