Shonda and ‘Grey’s’ have given me the opportunity to become a director, and that’s something that I hadn’t really envisioned for myself, other than directing for theater. Now I’ve got this resume of television credits that I can carry forward into the next opportunity. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
When the time came for me to go to college, there was only one scholarship that my high school offered at the time and I didn’t win that one, but that didn’t stop me. I went on to college anyway. I worked my way through it and paid my student loans for 11 years. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
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.’ Chandra Wilson Read Quote
While I was at NYU, I did a play at The Public called ‘The Forbidden City,’ where I went in as an understudy and got my Equity card. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
It’s very difficult to advocate for yourself while you’re in excruciating pain. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
When you are the parent of someone who is a chronic pain sufferer, you end up creating these binders for all of the hospital stays so you can keep track of every visit and any new thing that comes out. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
When someone new takes over a role, the company doesn’t change anything from the script, but they do lay it all out there and let people take from it what they take from it. Chandra Wilson Read Quote
