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Including the best and worst career advice she's ever gotten.
She admits this is one trait she shares with her character in Grey's Anatomy.
She was also its first Asian host. And speaking of firsts: She's also the first Asian woman to be nominated in the Emmy's Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category and the first Asian to be nominated for BAFTA's Best Actress in a TV Series category.
Her parents enrolled her in the hopes of correcting her pigeon-toed gait. She says she sometimes think she's "a dancer stumbling around in a dancer's life."
Though, she says she started acting professionally at the age of 15.
Of the latter, Oh says her love of it "says so much about her," commenting on how the lead actress' spontaneity and special brand of comedy infected her with a joy for acting.
The words were courtesy of producer and director Mike Tollin. The worst advice came from someone who told her to "go back home (to Canada) and get famous, and then come back to Los Angeles."
She says it is now in her living room.
Specifically, Oh says "getting to the truth of things" has been a driving force for her. Her other advice for artists is to "hang in there as long as possible," saying that a lot of acting is ultimately a numbers game. She says that putting her face in stories again and again has helped people (presumably, casting agents and directors) consider her in roles that they may not have been open to before.
Though Oh sees her parents' support and families as a positive thing, she also acknowledged how her sense of loyalty to her parents' sacrifices made it harder for her to see and pursue what she actually wanted.
“She assumed we wanted her for someone other than Eve,” Waller-Bridge told TIME. Regarding the unconscious (and often conscious) bias she sees in casting, Oh has said, however, that she's worked with a lot of people who can see past it, and that "they happen to be women and women of color."
It won't be her first time lending her voice to an animated part, though. She's also had voice roles in Mulan II and The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends.
Though she says she does try and avoid "states of obsession" in general.
She attributes this to her strict parents.
She's specifically referring to Korean spas, which require patrons to take off all their clothes.
According to Oh, Canada's mandated diversity helped her be considered for roles that she otherwise would've been passed up for.
For Asians waiting for their own moment in the spotlight, Oh assures them that it will come, but that until that day, they must work on the change within themselves. "It's just suffering waiting for the larger structure to change," says Oh. "Hollywood is like a bad boyfriend. Why are you waiting for him to text you? Just go out with your friends or on your own and have a good time!"