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" As a young girl, my real dream was to be the woman in the shows at SeaWorld. "
Kerry Washington
Woman
Real
Girl
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" I learned through experience that it doesn't work for me to talk about my personal life. I've had earlier times in my career when I did talk about it. "
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" I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me. "
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" 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. I love writing, you know? "
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Writing
" I would wear pajamas to work every day if it were up to me. "
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Every Day
Up
" I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned to be smart and tried to be funny and develop the inside of me, because I felt like that's what I had. "
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Me
Thinking
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" You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is. "
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Changes
Better
People
" I think sometimes in life we want to ignore the problems of society and just think about the good. I believe in positive thinking and affirmative living, I also think it's really important to remember all of our disenfranchised members of society. "
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Think
Good
Life
" I think as more women are in positions of power, more people of color are in positions of power, the stories become more inclusive; the casts become more inclusive. "
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Color
More
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" Before 'Scandal,' I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast. For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more 'girlfriend,' more like 'hood,' more 'urban.' "
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Girlfriend
More
Sound
" When you have things that are very important to you in life, when there are things you want to do and be - that takes work. It takes work to show up for your own story and show up for the dream and vision you have for yourself. "
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Work
You
Life
" I really try to let my friends into all of my life. They know that Red-Carpet Kerry is a version of Kerry, and they know that DNC Speaker Kerry is me. "
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Try
Me
Life
" I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue. "
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Say
American
Now
" I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting. "
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I Am
Think
Sexy
" My mother is one of seven kids, so I have a lot of strong women in my family, and I have supportive, beautiful relationships with all of them. "
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Women
Beautiful
Family
" You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickname was K-Dub - based on G-Dub - and I'm now on the board of trustees at George Washington University. "
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Relationship
Funny
You
" For the red carpet, I'm totally a stiletto girl. But in the rest of my life, I'd say I'm 50/50. I love a good heel, but I also have a really great sneaker collection. That's the Bronx girl in me. "
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Girl
Life
Love
" I don't want to not be African. The goal is to live in a world where my race doesn't limit my access, where I can see myself represented in the highest level of society without any limitation. "
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Society
Race
Myself
" I'm always working. My cousins call me the longshoreman of actors. "
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Me
Always
Call
" I don't think I consciously say, 'What would Olivia Pope do?' but there's a new thread of belief in my own capacity that I think comes from her. She makes it happen. She figures it out. She fixes it. "
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Think
Own
Say
" When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be. "
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Think
Grateful
I Am
" I come from a family with a really strong work ethic - not just my parents, but my aunts, uncles and cousins. It rubbed off on me. I have a cousin in The Bronx who says I'm like the longshoreman of actors. I am a worker. "
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Parents
Work
Family
" Every actor you work with has a different method, same with the director. You have to figure out what your shared language is and how to best support each other, and also take care of yourself. "
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Work
Care
Best
" 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 direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking. "
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Story
Business
I Am
" I really gravitate toward having all different styles in my closet because I feel like I always want to dress to fit my mood or where I am going. I do love Jason Wu; he is also a really good friend of mine, and I love what he is doing for Hugo Boss these days. "
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Dress
Love
I Am
" I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism. "
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Kind
Way
Myself
" I have to make sure that I don't silence myself about the things that I believe in, because sometimes the fear creeps in of 'What if fewer people watch the show or fewer people hire me because I express my politics?' For me, the commitment is to never be quiet just because I'm in the public eye. "
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Fear
Myself
Politics
" 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 to tell, so I thought, 'Let's do this!' So I'm co-writing a screenplay now with another screenwriter and loving it. Absolutely loving it. And I would like to be the producer on the project and of course the lead is me. "
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Reading
Thought
Know
" I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For Colored Girls.' It's just part of what you should have, as a woman of color. "
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Back
Woman
Feel
" Shoes define how you walk in the world and how you stand: like, what is your posture in life? "
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World
Walk