Best Kerry Washington Quotes
- We don’t come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to protect our young… Don T
- That's what acting is - it's about having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. Acting
- You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is. Art
- Because having your story told, as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian or as a trans person, or as any member… Any
- As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable. All
- We can't say that we believe in each other’s fundamental humanity and then turn a blind eye to the reality of each others existence and… All
- I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have… Actress
- 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 the theater filled… All
- About a year ago I got really exhausted from reading bad scripts and I know that I am a writer and that I have stories… Absolutely
- I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and… Another Story
- I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil… All
- 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 you're… Afraid
- The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally… Allowed
- Today there are people trying to take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose,… Access
- I really love research. It's one of the things I love most about my job. I feel like it's me in the lab cooking up… Character
- 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 dramatic,… Child
- I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life. All
- 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 allow… Allow
- My understanding of Twitter was that it was a bunch of famous people telling you when they're going to the bathroom. And, that was not… Bathroom
- So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first three words of… All
- I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case, right now it's an American issue. American