Sandra Oh Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Grey's Anatomy' to 'Killing Eve' | Vanity Fair 

She made Christina Yang hers. That's how good she is

CRISTINA****

@@celineaytug4087 IT DOSENT MATTER IF ITS FICTIONAL OR NOT IF U KNOW IT U KNOW IT AND I HAVE TO CORRECT IF SOMEONE DOES OT WRONG

@@hiyasingh493 okay, so how about the fact that I now make you feel dumb and base this response on your own theory… it’s ‘YOU’ not U & ‘IT’ not OT. I saw it and I’m letting you now know

@@celineaytug4087 Can y'all chill lmao

I am not in your shoes, but you are 200% on the money.

you mean the first asian female in the western movie industry.

@@liste302 it’s very sad how Hollywood thinks Asians are ugly or something and doesn’t cast them in any movies

I’d also like to add Lucy Liu.

that’s sad in today’s world we have to mention race just to spot out people achievements. Wish we could enjoy her success without race but hey it’s America.

@@randomcommunist6276 what do you mean nope .

Exactly . 🥰

@@randomcommunist6276 what

Powerful?! Hahahahahahahahaha. You have no idea.

She's powerful for speaking? Wow that's a low bar for women

Yesss, great idea!

THISS

Her voice is and the way she says stuff is so therapeutic fr

Agreed

Same 🙋🏻‍♀️

yeah and that's Grey's anatomy. They should've named it Yang's Anatomy

when i first started watching grey's i actually thought sandra Oh was a real surgeon

Facts

She’s very memorable

Right???

OMG YES U CAN SEE HER PASSION

omg sadistic beauty

yes it's so amazing to watch someone speak about their passion!

Your pfp attracted me more than your comment. Sadistic Beauty is dope!

Yeah .. You could see it in the way she speaks😍😍

And Christina, as a character having her own cardio in Switzerland, was the perfect endgame for Yang

Absolutely. I just went back to S1. On 6 now. I knew GA would survive the loss of Derek, Lexie, Mark, Izzy, and George. Just barely. But I did NOT believe it would survive Cristina’s departure. The show changed but it did not die. April had much to do with that. Tough when Alex and Arizona left. Covid season was ghastly. I haven’t seen current one. Kate Walsh return should help. The show held together by Bailey now.

@@clarissarichardson9114 when I watched it the first time around I stopped watching after Cristina left because she was my fav 😔

@@ThePuglover98 I didn’t watch 5 years. So I only saw S8-17 after covid hit. I hadn’t watched in years.

she left as soon as she started looking for fellowships love that

So true I’m on like season 14 and I always feel like something is missing on the show. I couldn’t figure it out but you just helped me realize that! Lol 😭😭😭😭

@@pinkstar9430 I'm on season 18 and definitely miss her 🤕

her character was the most well thought out. so easy to appreciate. i think meredith is a little bleak without cristina.

She is the sun.

Christina Yang is like the parallel of Ellis Grey, it might be to show that Meridith and her mother could be best friends if the she's mot her daughter..

Congrats to you!!

congrats!!!!

@@meimeihuseth7124 Thank you so much!

@@yinyang584 Thank you! Keep me in your prayers! 😊

Congratulations! I’m considering to go to med school because of Christina Yang, too. ❤️

So freaking true

yes. they needed to have Amelia Shepherd and Maggie Pierce as Meredith friennies. They needed atleast two people to compensate but still cannot replace Christina Yang. She's the only one!!

@@juuuuhly exactly, no hate to the newer characters but the og cast was *chefs kiss* in terms of how amazing the actors played the characters and fit all together. Separate or weird storylines were still interesting bc the actors made them so, it's a little iffier now

Yeah I stopped watching when she left

SO MUCHHH UGHHHDKDKF😭😭

it's one of my favorite shows of all time

Binks….I completely agree with you. I am always telling people to watch it. I rewatch it all the time. It’s been on HBO and Hulu recently.

I only just discovered it, I totally went through it as a marathon - Sandra oh is a phenomenal actress

@@mothgirlx6707 Isn’t it wonderful?? Sucks you right in.

Comfort show? 😂 oh no I can’t judge . I watch Grey’s anatomy as a comfort series

Hahah true!!!!

Yes!!!

"Gupta. Mmhmm. Mhmm. Mhmm...The Queen is coming."

IKR! Was gonna say that myself... but knew I had to look for this comment first!

And being the teacher in ramona and beezus😭😭

Right! She’s great at comedy and her timing in princess diaries was spot on. I’d love to see her in more comedies.

That’s why i came here

Love that you caught that too!!!

I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE SAID THAT I WANNA SEE MORE OF HER

We all do 😍

yeees

Yeah,i love seeing her acting so much.She always amazes me.

Hello dear how are you?

I thought so too!

So true!!

Agree

Yeah😀😀😀 She's the typical Christina Yang😀😀

She probably means the meaner streak of Christina lol. Christina was sometimes mean to others

YESS!! I love her so much and her acting is sooooooo good

Yes!

What an artist! The way she talks about her approach to characters is poetry

All the original cast had amazing chemistry together.

at first she was supposed to be Meredith's nemesis but Shonda decided to make them best friends because of their insane chemistry.

yess for me, Christina always was the 'better protagonist' more than an antagonist

@Carl Jay C. De Guzman Izzie sucked so much

@@chaosnoelle which makes her a great antagonist. An antagonist isn't just bad, they challenge a protagonist - and especially in the beginning mer and Christina weren't hardcore besties. And they always competed with each other.

I just love Cristina!

girl wait i literally just came back to this and saw that i’m famous slay

i was about to say the same thing, she really made a good move with that. for one, it would be harder for her to go for other roles having been christina SO long, much like ellen is basically only seen as meredith now. also listening to her i feel like she needed that element of evolving and not sticking to christinas character. they had done a lot with christina already, so even tho i was really sad to see her go, for greys and for sandra, it really was a logical move. tbh greys has been going on for too long and now ellen saying that theres a lot of money involved and many people depend on it, it seems like she keeps going so people can keep their jobs, not bc they still have GREAT storylines to cover.

I feel like more than anything, her leaving grey's anatomy was more of a Christina move rather than a Sandra one, just like her character, she wants something more innovative, challenging! She was getting very comfortable with the character and that didn't bring her any progress that she thrived, just like how Christina wanted to conquer more in her surgeon career, Sandra wanted to discover more of her palette. And i admire this woman so much for her quick wit and self understanding methods, she knows what's good for her, she isn't afraid of rock bottom and she is well delicate with how she manages herself. That's what we call an ecstatic person.

​@@mann7298Good point, it's kinda sad.

It was a really small role

She was barely in it tho., it may not have even been as significant to her as much as the other films that she had much bigger roles in, which she obviously would have been more committed to and spent her energy on

HAHAHAHAHA YESSSSS SHE LITERALLY ALWAYS STEALS THE SHOW IN WHATEVER ROLE SHES IS!!! THE ICONIC LINE “Gupta, mhmm, mhmmm, mhmm……The queen is coming” I C O N I C

@@suzygirl1843 I don't think Anne Hathaway disavows Princess Diaries AT ALL. She actually posted about its anniversary a few days ago and has said she's up for a third movie. She speaks wonders about making the film on interviews, the only negative thing i've ever heard her say is that she feared being typecasted as a princess.

"gupta. mhmm, mhmm, mhm- the queen is coming."

What? Who was she?

@@oz2986 the principle :)

@@oz2986 the best character in the movie

shut up

“Gupta. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. The queen is coming.”

Hello dear how are you?

@@mbase7621 that’s sus

I mean she played that character for 10 years!! 24 episode seasons crazy!

She probably asked not to- as she's always asked about it, in every interview; including if she'll go back, to which she always has to answer no.... I think she's over talking about it now

I think maybe she ended up feeling trapped in it. When you hear her reasons for accepting the role they’re very different to how the role ended up.

@@lincimpi1337 I feel like it's like Radiohead with Creep. They're just so done with it, but people keep asking for more.

@@lincimpi1337 yea not to mention the "toxic" set of greys anatomy as claimed by ellen during seasons 1-10

IKR SHES SO MESMERIZING TO LISTEN TO !! plus you can see her passion for acting. She's also not as active and open on social media but I kind of like how she's not particular about the fame, shes just passionate for what she does. and she knows her worth :(

Really? The only other one I've watched was Regina King and it was also phenomenal. I thought they had something good going, but maybe I got lucky and picked the best two.

@@yinyang584 yes it’s great to see a real artist and someone passionate about their craft as a deeply thoughtful person. That’s why I always loved the show inside the actors studio...it was not about celebrity it was about what made the artist and what made the art.

I know exactly what you mean! Some people just talk to hear their voice but I love when people make what they say engaging and interesting

Right...I'm insanely envious of the facts she doesnt say the unnecessary "likes" or "um". I hate that I've tried to stop but can't. You can tell she really thinks about her answers.

YESSSSSS OMG!!

Same thing :P

@Daniel Olivier It wasn't a criticism of your language ;) It was a reply to the original comment.

I am not a woman I’m a god

Bu...bu...but god is a woman

God is a woman

Knowing the original plan for Bailey and George its kind a awkward Bailey and George in love interest. They have mother and son relationship.

@@marykylaeroapras3064 this was a very early draft. They originally planned on casting “a tiny blonde” in the role of Bailey, to make her stern personality more of a contrast. But that was before Chandra Wilson came in and they adjusted the role. One of the blessings of Greg’s doing a totally blind casting process. The character, like Christina, was originally conceived very differently, so if they’d gone the romantic route we wouldn’t have gotten the relationship we saw onscreen, as they changed their minds.

@@davidsinnott7160 This reminds me of that one episode where they play the whole “what if Mer’s mom never got Alzheimer’s” bit and Christina and Mer hate each other, she’s engaged to Alex, etc

@@laurenbennett7674 which episode was that? owo

The original notes sound awful 😂😂 glad they changed things up

YESS!

Now cmon now

really tho!!

Jiyoon is a korean name, and Sandra is ethnically korean so maybe that’s one of the reasons that it automatically fits her so well

@@clorozweepvmundosalazar5153 Yes I know I'm Korean! Just meant she kinda looks like a 'Jiyoon' too ;)

cristina*

@@queso9845 yes, you're right!

so true, she is such an inspiration to me!!

Anybody else get a lot of pushback for being so confident and unapologetic? Men especially hate when you're as confident as them.

Hello dear how are you?

same here, i feel like it all went downhill after she left, but i am happy that she was able to evolve and not be stuck there for so many years

For me it was Arizona and Callie. The writers broke them up and I stopped watching.

When they killed off Derek. Yang's departure hurt as well.

Hello dear how are you

Hello dear how are you?

When her character broke down I could *see* her going through the facial/body language motions

I was expecting an Invincible mention too!

Cristina was the only reason I enjoyed the show for as long as I have

It was her impression after reading the pilot. She had no idea where the show would take those characters over countless seasons or if it would even make it past the pilot.

In the Pilot Yang and Grey were clearly meant as rivals. Only after the pilot they realized the potential of a grey/yang friendship:)

That was a tremendous film, and she was amazing in it! Great ensemble cast!! I was working in fine dining then, and for real, Merlot sales took a hit LMAO!

She doesn’t need to come back at all to the grey’s anatomy role , She is great where she belongs ,where she can put out great tv shows or movies for us ( the big fans of Sandra oh ) We love her contents and the masterpiece she creates

Simply Iconic ❤