You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
It's exciting to me that people know that I'm someone who's very political. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'd figure out ways to use role-playing in the healing of people. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Look, I get it. Whether it's school, work, family, we've all got a lot on our minds. People say to me, "I'm… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
We need to be willing to be uncomfortable, to be flawed, to be imperfect, to own our voice, to step into our… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I think most people, when they think about the Black Panther Party, they think in very abstract, caricatured terms. They think about… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
When you leave here today and commence the next stage of your life, you can follow someone else's script, try to make… — 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… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first… — 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… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
Idea of holding each other’s hands at the Women’s March—it feels like we are being invited to do that every day. So… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
We as women put ourselves in this situation of feeling like we can’t take a risk, like in order to step out… — 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… — 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
We don’t come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
My understanding of Twitter was that it was a bunch of famous people telling you when they're going to the bathroom. And,… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave… — 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… — 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
