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.
Kerry WashingtonIt is important to have friends and family around that I love and trust and who love and trust me.
Kerry WashingtonI just want [my daughter Isabelle] to know that she's heard. Really heard, because I feel like that is what we all really want. 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. I see you, I hear you, I'm with you as you are.
Kerry WashingtonWe donโt come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to protect our young peopleโs minds from those evils.
Kerry WashingtonI work very physically as an actor. The biggest thing for me has been the challenge of how to be this person [Olivia Pope] with the personal transformation that's going on for me physically... That hasn't been easy. It's been an awesome challenge for me...because so much of how I access character is through my body.
Kerry Washington