Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back

Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit

Life is a very emotional experience.

My mother's whole family had been from the theater, really. Because I grew up in Hollywood, I wasn't that interested in Hollywood. But the New York theater was completely exotic and fabulous to me.

If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told - which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don't know if I'm smart enough.

I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.