When you leave here today and commence the next stage of your life, you can follow someone else's script, try to make choices that will make other people happy, avoid discomfort, do what is expected, and copy the status quo.… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, so I fell in love with acting on a stage, not in front of a camera. — 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
