Lisa Edelstein

Lisa Edelstein (born 21 May 1966) is an American actress and playwright best known for playing Lisa Cuddy on the medical drama series House.

Lisa Edelstein in 2007

Quotes

• I became a vegetarian at 15. I was never a big meat eater — I was always picky. I was raised in a kosher home, and if you're raised with a food restriction, it's not that difficult to have another kind of food restriction. … At some point, I had a dream that I was eating chicken. But in the dream, I understood that it was actually miniature human legs and arms. My brain was connecting muscle and bone to another animal. Once I had made that connection, it just wasn't something I wanted to eat.
  • "Lisa Edelstein: "I Don't Eat for Entertainment!"", interview with Prevention magazine (7 May 2010).

• Vegetarianism is a really important part of what we need to do to help the environment. The meat industry is really toxic to the environment. The cattle industry — besides the fact that there's a lot of cruel things happening — the manure is extremely toxic. We just need to pull back as a culture as much as we can.
  • "Lisa Edelstein's Exclusive Interview", video interview with PETA (11 April 2012).