Kerry Washington Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race.

  Kerry Washington

  Character, Views, Play

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 9, 2010.

• I 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

  Family, Work, Health

  "'Scandal's' Kerry Washington: Explosion Will Have 'Huge Impact' on the Election". Interview with Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 16, 2014.

• 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.

  Kerry Washington

  Jobs, Character, Cooking

• Human beings are complicated and flawed and unique, but we all have a story to tell. Gone are the days where our lead characters can only look like somebody else. Heroes look like all of us. We see ourselves in each others' stories. We see who we are. We see who we want to be. Sometimes we see who we don't want to be. And through that we have a greater understanding of ourselves and acceptance of each other.

  Kerry Washington

  Hero, Character, Acceptance

• 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

  Character, Acting, Moments

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