Compliment My Brain, Christina Yang

Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang in the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy

“This is Sandra Oh’s second nomination and second win.”

She’s my person. This is not about getting her approval. It’s about telling her… if I murdered someone, she’s the person I’d call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor. She’s my person.

There are no teams here. No buddies. You’re on your own. Be on your own. 

“The last scene that I shot with Ellen — and this one line that had tremendous specific meaning to me. It’s Ellen’s line where she says, "I am not finished.” In the context of the scene, it means something else because Cristina is trying to leave and can’t because she doesn’t feel finished. What was challenging for me was, I was finishing. I spent the past year finishing to get the character to this moment. But for me, it was the specific interpretation I had of Cristina saying, “I am not finished.” That speech fills me now. That speech is about how she is not finished. Anyway, I wish I said that more eloquently because I cannot tell you how much that line means to me.” - Sandra Oh