Dr. Lisa Cuddy

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Lisa Edelstein
Lisa Edelstein began her professional acting career while studying theater at N.Y.U.'s Tisch School ...

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Dr. Lisa Cuddy Quotes

	Season 6 / Episode 5: - Brave Heart Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Pretend time's been going on long enough. Dr. Gregory House: I don't have a medical license. All I can do is pretend. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: And I'm going to have payroll send over some pretend checks starting tomorrow.
	Season 6 / Episode 5: - Brave Heart Dr. Lisa Cuddy: From now on, I'm going to supervise your practicum requirements. Dr. Gregory House: That won't be necessary. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You want another doctor first? Eventually... Dr. Gregory House: It's not necessary because I'm not ready to be a doctor again.
	Season 6 / Episode 4: - Instant Karma Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [to House] The kid'll still be Foreman's patient, but his dad wants you making the decisions. Dr. Eric Foreman: Then he's not my patient. You want to give me none of the responsibility and all of the liability. Dr. Gregory House: Which means I get... Oh cool!
	Season 6 / Episode 3: - The Tyrant Dr. Eric Foreman: You had no problem treating that guy on death row. Dr. Allison Cameron: Who is still in jail after we patched him up. We fix this Dibala and he gets on a plane and executes half his country. He's been repressing an ethnic rebellion in the south, the Sitibi people... It's getting worse. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Dibala is a guest of the US Government. And he's been invited to speak at the UN. I'm not asking you to like him. I'm asking you to do your job.
	Season 6 / Episode 3: - The Tyrant Dr. Allison Cameron: She's being coerced. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: If she is, I'd rather have a needle prick on my conscience than family members.
	Season 6 / Episode 2: - Epic Fail Dr. Eric Foreman: I want to run the department. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You consider waiting until House clears the lobby before you start angling for his job? Dr. Eric Foreman: He's not dead, or sentimental. And somebody need to do it. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Not necessarily, Departments of Diagnostic Medicine don't exist. Only reason we have one is House.
	Season 6 / Episode 2: - Epic Fail Dr. Gregory House: We flirted. We kissed. I fondled. I hallucinated a night with you and yelled it from a hospital balcony. You're not a narcissist. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: So what am I? Dr. Gregory House: Not the reason I'm leaving. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: ...House... I'm going to miss you. Cecile: Lady, either kiss him or leave. We've got work to do. [Cuddy leaves] Dr. Gregory House: You couldn't just keep your trap shut. Cecile: Make the damn goochi.
	Season 5 / Episode 24: - Both Sides Now Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [to House] People who get close to you get hurt, that's a fact. You're a valued doctor at this hospital, that's another fact. From now on, I'm going to focus on the second fact.
	Season 5 / Episode 24: - Both Sides Now Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Are you okay? Dr. Gregory House: No. I'm not okay.
	Season 5 / Episode 23: - Under My Skin Dr. Gregory House: These people don't know me. You do. Dr. Amber Volakis: She's not your keeper. She has no responsibility for you! Dr. Gregory House: I need you. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [pause] Let me call my babysitter.
	Season 5 / Episode 23: - Under My Skin Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I wasn't in your endocrinology class... Dr. Gregory House: You sat next to me. I cheated off you. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I audited your endocrinology class. Dr. Gregory House: What would you? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Because I thought you were an interesting lunatic, even then. I'm not here protecting hospital property!
	Season 5 / Episode 23: - Under My Skin Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You want to kiss me, don't you? Dr. Gregory House: I always want to kiss you.
	Season 5 / Episode 22: - House Divided Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [on why Wilson is not answering his phone] He probably left it in his pants, which he was not wearing when the police picked him up trying to walk home- oddly from his own apartment!
	Season 5 / Episode 21: - Saviors Dr. Robert Chase: Do you think Cameron's in love with House? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: That is a ridiculous question. She is in love with you. Dr. Robert Chase: Are you in love with House? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: That... is an even more ridiculous question. Dr. Robert Chase: Two questions, zero answers. I can extrapolate from that.
	Season 5 / Episode 21: - Saviors Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Are you in love with House? Dr. Allison Cameron: You are not concerned about me... You're marking your territory. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You shouldn't be involved with House. Neither should I. Neither should anyone. You and Chase are good together. Don't screw it up.
	Season 5 / Episode 21: - Saviors Dr. Lisa Cuddy: What's going on with Cameron? Dr. Gregory House: She doesn't want back on my team. And she doesn't want to jump me. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Okay. [Starts to leave] Dr. Gregory House: Whoa. Whoa. You asked a question, I ruled out two possibilities and you're satisfied. That means you don't want an answer. You just wanted to know there wasn't a particular answer. Either you were worried she wanted back on the team, or you were worried she wanted back on me.
	Season 5 / Episode 20: - Simple Explanation Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [to the entire team] I'm sorry. I've hired a grief counselor which I'm sure none of you will see. And I'm offering time off which I'm sure none of you will take, but it's available.
	Season 5 / Episode 20: - Simple Explanation Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I'm sorry for your loss. Dr. Gregory House: It's not my loss. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I'm sorry you don't think it is.
	Season 5 / Episode 20: - Simple Explanation Dr. Gregory House: Did you let me hire a pervert? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Well it would be hypocritical of me not to. Dr. Gregory House: Kutner's police background check from when he started. He was charged with indicent exposure. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Kutner streaked at the Penn-Dartmouth football game. Precisely the kind of thing you'd expect him to do. It's okay. You should be upset. He thought like you. Pushed boundaries like you. He... Dr. Gregory House: Not like me. He would have known that - living in misery sucks marginally less than dying in it.
	Season 5 / Episode 20: - Simple Explanation Dr. James Wilson: I can't deal with this and House. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You need a friend too. Dr. James Wilson: You don't give a crap what I need! You just want someone to take care of him. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: ...He told Kutner's parents it was their fault.
	Season 5 / Episode 18: - Here Kitty Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Confirm she's not faking or I'm going to have to kick her out. Dr. Gregory House: There's that voice again. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You have 24 hours. [Cuddy leaves] Dr. Gregory House: Consecutive?
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - The Social Contract Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [Entering] I was paged. Nick: I would do her in a minute with fudge and cherries on top. Would someone please to this woman, there's only so many apologies I can... Dr. Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley: [to Cuddy] He has Frontal Lobe Disinefficent.
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - The Social Contract Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Where's House? Nick: Like trying not to think of an elephant. Not that you're an elephant. Your breasts in fact, all... all... [Nick chuckles] homo sapiens. Dr. Eric Foreman: House isn't here. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Oh, he wouldn't have paged me if he couldn't watch and enjoy the - [Cuddy finds House sitting in the darkend control room]
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - The Social Contract Dr. Gregory House: People don't get personal with you, except for me. And you dismiss me for a jerk who's jerking you around. But this guy can only tell the truth. And he prefers your body to that of a smoking young hottie. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: So this is your way of saying I look good today? Dr. Gregory House: You don't get the slightest kick out of that? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Don't be ridiculous House. [House leaves. Cuddy smiles as the elevator door closes]
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Softer Side Dr. James Wilson: You slept with House. He asked permission before taking my bagel. Took the case without a fight. Honored the parents request for an MRI. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Yes, those were my terms for sleeping with him. Dr. James Wilson: He's in a good mood. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Sex with me would explain that. But it doesn't explain why I'm not curled up in a ball weeping in shame. I did not sleep with House. Dr. James Wilson: If you two aren't keeping something from me. That means he's keeping something from both of us. That can't be good.
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Softer Side Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Where are you going? Dr. Gregory House: Nowhere. Staying right here so we can properly discuss this. [House leaves his office]
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Softer Side Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I can't sit by and watch you kill yourself. As long as you're in my hospital, you can't do methadone! Dr. Gregory House: ...I'll send for my stuff. [Starts to walk away] Dr. Lisa Cuddy: That's it? You're quitting? You're choosing methadone over this job? Dr. Gregory House: I'm choosing lack of pain over this job.
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Softer Side Dr. James Wilson: Cuddy, he's happy. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: House doesn't do happy. Pain or no pain. Dr. James Wilson: Okay, maybe... But he's our friend. And this is his one chance to not be miserable.
	Season 5 / Episode 16: - The Softer Side Dr. Gregory House: I created a case. I played nice because I was in a good mood. Because I didn't hurt. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You don't need your pain to be a good doctor. Dr. Gregory House: I'm not interested in good. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: You're afraid to be happy. Dr. Gregory House: Why do you care if I'm happy? Dr. Lisa Cuddy: [Long pause] You're afraid to change. The one thing you have is your intellect. You think if that's compromised, you have nothing. [Offering House some methadone] Just take it. Dr. Gregory House: No. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: Don't do this. Dr. Gregory House: [Tosses the methadone in the trash] It's already done. This is the only me you get.
	Season 5 / Episode 15: - Unfaithful Dr. Lisa Cuddy: House for better or worse, you are part of my life. It isn't a ploy. It's a sincere invitation. I honestly want you to come. Dr. Gregory House: Wouldn't miss it for the world. Dr. Lisa Cuddy: I'm glad.

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