I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I think all of us in our lives feel like we can't make a difference or we can't make a change or… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I feel like I barely survived Django (Unchained) emotionally - the violence, hearing the N-word every day. It cost me a lot… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I just want [my daughter Isabelle] to know that she's heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
We can't say that we believe in each other’s fundamental humanity and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I think my first big heartbreak made me more compassionate about other people's heartaches. It enabled me to feel more for others… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I wouldn't just come home from school and watch TV everyday, they had me involved in lots of local theatre. I was a very… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'd figure out ways to use role-playing in the healing of people. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him it was illegal for them to be married in several states… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I think everything in life happens for a reason. I always think there's room for me to improve as a person. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
My brain and my heart are really important to me. I don't know why I wouldn't seek help to have those things be as… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Because having your story told as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian, as a trans person, or as any member… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background.… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image