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That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.

From Kerry Washington

I grew up in New York, so I fell in love with acting on a stage, not in front of a camera.

From Kerry Washington

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.

From Kerry Washington

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 the character.

From Kerry Washington

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.

From Kerry Washington

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.

From Kerry Washington

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!'

From Kerry Washington

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.

From Kerry Washington

I'm a person who's always been politically active and passionate about people's rights.

From Kerry Washington

Earlier in my career, I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn't have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they're in, and you don't get to say, 'Oh, I want this for myself.'

From Kerry Washington

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