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" I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires. "
Kerry Washington
Creative
Control
People
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" I like how people will post pictures of me with other women that I adore, hugging on red carpets, and say, 'See?' Are we so uncomfortable with love between two people of the same gender that we immediately label it as sexual? But I've never been bothered by the lesbian rumor. There's nothing offensive about it, so there's no reason to be offended. "
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" I'm always working. My cousins call me the longshoreman of actors. "
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" 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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" 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, talkative child. And that was part of my mother's creative solution - to put me in workshops and classes and children's theatre programmes. "
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" Being the one woman in the room should not be seen as a victory. If there's only one of us in the room, we're still a token; we don't actually have an empowered voice. If there's two of us, we're still a minority. If there's three, then we're allowed to have a multiplicity of opinions. "
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" I have an amazing social media manager, Allison Peters, who is one of my closest friends since childhood. "
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Social Media
" I guess because I came to it later in life, I realized, 'Oh, going to a fashion show is like going to the opening of Degas at the Met or going to see Swan Lake.' "
Kerry Washington
Lake
Show
See
" As a young girl, my real dream was to be the woman in the shows at SeaWorld. "
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Real
Girl
" 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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" I come from film, where I only play a character for three months at a time, and then it's done, so it's important for me to be able to put on other hats and make sure that all of the tools in my toolbox that don't apply to Olivia Pope are still in shape. "
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Character
Important
" I bring something to the table as a woman; I bring something to the table as a woman of color. "
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Something
Table
Bring
" 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.' "
Kerry Washington
Girlfriend
More
Sound
" For me, what is political is very personal. Politics are not this abstract idea. Laws are the rules that dictate how we live our lives. What we eat is political. How we dress is political. Where we live is political. All of these things are influenced by political decision-making, and it's important to be part of the process. "
Kerry Washington
Political
Dress
Live
" 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. "
Kerry Washington
Reading
Thought
Know
" 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 to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river. "
Kerry Washington
Love
Children
Family
" 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. "
Kerry Washington
Work
You
Life
" 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. "
Kerry Washington
Back
Woman
Feel
" 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 pretending to be afraid!' "
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Wind
Pretending
Afraid
" I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing. "
Kerry Washington
Actor
Changing
Potential
" You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is. "
Kerry Washington
Changes
Better
People
" If I were somebody who spent the majority of my time saying things that were harsh and difficult to hear, I would want my visual aesthetic to be something soft and feminine, warm and easy to be around. "
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Aesthetic
Easy
Saying
" 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 our constitution: We the people. I love that phrase so much. Throughout our country's history, we've expanded the meaning of that phrase to include more and more of us. That's what it means to move forward. "
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Love
Great
Democracy
" That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives. "
Kerry Washington
Audience
Acting
Courage
" I would wear pajamas to work every day if it were up to me. "
Kerry Washington
Me
Every Day
Up
" 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. "
Kerry Washington
Think
Own
Say
" 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
" I have to take care of myself in order to live life the way I want to. It's important to have rest days. But in the long run, if I don't work out for, like, three days, I feel worse, not better. "
Kerry Washington
Live Life
Work
Run
" 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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Student
You
Writing
" 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 choose to feel optimistic, because I don't think I could get out of bed if I didn't. "
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