August 2012
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“So I’m a big fan on both the show and its main character. Then, for the first...”
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A “House” actress’s chilling pro-choice ad
In a new campaign, Lisa Edelstein illustrates the stark price of cutting back abortion rights
We see a woman clad in “Mad Men”-era finery, slowly walking from the camera down a long hallway. A voice familiar to fans of “House” narrates. “Only decades ago, women suffered through horrifying back alley abortions, or they used dangerous methods when they had no other recourse. So when the...
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The GOP x Women’s Health Rights
MoveOn launched a powerful new ad starring Lisa Edelstein of the Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning TV show “House” as a rebuttal to the GOP’s all-out assault on women’s health. The response has been incredible, with everyone from the NY Times to Salon praising the ad for it’s bold and chilling message:that blocking women’s access to vital services means taking women back to the back alley....
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Lance Avery Morgan: Fill in the blank: “If I weren’t Lisa Edelstein, I’d be…”
Lisa Edelstein: I don’t really have an answer for that, but my last name in German means “precious stone.”
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“You never know who you’ll bump into in Neary’s, which is in Chatham Street, just...”
– Sourse (via ppistachio)
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Spotlight on HOUSE star Lisa Edelstein
(not a new, but very, very nice article and interview) By the TVaddict on January 15th, 2009
Lisa Edelstein with the TV Addict in Los Angeles, January 2009
Simply put, we did not see this coming. When theTVaddict.com recently put out a call for questions for some of your favorite FOX stars, we never would have guessed how many Lisa Edelstein fans there were out there. The show after all is...
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Q: Do you have any advice for people who are in the dating scene?
Lisa Edelstein: Enjoy yourself. Take yourself out on a date. Relax — it will happen when it’s supposed to. My friends always call me when they’re having relationship/dating problems, and I’m always the one to say, “Calm down!” I don’t think women really enjoy the time they have when they’re single. There really is so much emphasis...
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Q: What do you think is the worst thing women do when they get involved in relationships?
Lisa Edelstein: I feel sometimes they get so wrapped up, they get distracted. Goals they have in life get put aside, just to please the guy they’re with.
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“It seems silly to have to spend all my energy trying to find someone that’s...”
– Lisa Edelstein
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I asked Lisa exactly how many shows she’s been on through the years. “I don’t know,” she replied. “That’s like counting how many people you’ve slept with.” Speak for yourself, dear. But House has clicked, finding its audience when American Idol gave it a whopping lead-in and stopped it from foreclosure. Before all that, did Lisa really turn down a...
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To prepare for a character, Lisa [Edelstein] tries to find parts of herself that relate to the role. “I read the script over and over again and try to find the rhythm of the character. The hues I have to choose from all come from me. So it’s a process of trying to find what parts of me belong there?”
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Rather than commanding the halls of Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital as Dean of Medicine Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Edelstein almost wound up on Wisteria Lane when she auditioned for the role of Lynette on “Desperate Housewives,” a part that eventually went to Felicity Huffman. The producers were making the offer to Huffman when Edelstein came in for her final test. “It was a bit...
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[Lisa] Edelstein knew she wanted to be an actor “as soon as I could talk. But I don’t think my parents took me too seriously, they thought I would grow out of it and be a lawyer. Which is hilarious - I can’t think of anything worse; I don’t even want to play a lawyer on TV!” At age 14 she had headshots done and dropped them off “at any business that had...
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Playing Doctor
June 9, 2010 Though Lisa Edelstein wrapped her sixth season on the hit drama “House” with perhaps her biggest storyline yet—embarking on a romance with the dyspeptic doc—things could have gone very differently for the actor. Rather than commanding the halls of Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital as Dean of Medicine Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Edelstein almost wound up on Wisteria Lane when she...
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“I don’t think just because people are in a relationship that they’re happy. I...”
– Lisa Edelstein
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“Lisa Edelstein rocks. As a teenager she was a cheerleader for the New Jersey...”
– Comment about Lisa’s ad for Moveon.org by Todd Jenkins (via closeu)
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Lisa Edelstein also stands out from other actresses, because not only is she an exceptional talent and a stunning beauty, she’s also savvy enough to always choose roles that will advance her career.
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During her college years, [Lisa] Edelstein spent time studying at NYU, but she dropped out of the university’s acting program in search of real world acting experience. “Ultimately you learn the most when you’re doing your job,” she tells me. “Acting class helps to keep people creative when they’re not working, but ultimately you just have to start doing it. The...
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Lisa Edelstein: Wenn I was little, I’d go to my grandma’s house and obsessively scrub dishes. I just loved being in the kitchen with my grandmother Gertie while she cooked. :) Source
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How does your Jewish background inform your current life?
Lisa Edelstein: I would say being Jewish is a huge part of my identity as a person, even though I don’t practice. My father’s Conservative, we went to temple every week and had Shabbos dinner every weekend. As a grownup I feel Jewish-identified but not religious. I love being Jewish in the sense that I come from a people, I...
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H: What’s attractive for you in a man? - Lisa Edelstein: Smarts, humor, confidence, sex appeal… it’s not that complicated. (H-Mag, 2010)
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H: What’s the greatest aspect of the Dr. Cuddy’s character that you like? - Lisa Edelstein: She’s very bold. (H-Mag, 2010)
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H: Who is Lisa Edelstein in her private life? What kind of woman? - Lisa: A very private one. (H-Mag, 2010)
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Keeping the 'Fait'
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS,
MARCH 3, 2002
Playing a free-spirited New Yorker on NBC’s “Leap of Faith” isn’t a stretch for actress Lisa Edelstein. “I’ve never been a commitment kind of gal,” says Edelstein, who co-stars as Patty, a copywriter at a New York advertising agency who prowls for men inside and outside of the office. The midseason comedy, from writer...
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Dance scene a dream come true on 'House'
Lisa Edelstein:
“I’m a big admirer of Mia Michaels and also watch [‘So You Think You Can Dance’] religiously.
“The chance to dance for Michaels was incredible. I was a dancer when I was a kid…to live out that dream was a really satisfying experience.
“We were shooting guns, they had blanks of course, but it’s always scary when someone is handling...
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