Kerry Washington Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Kerry Washington quotes and sayings page 2 (47 year old actress). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 27 we have for her.
“I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama!”
“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.”
“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.”
“People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next.”
“That's what acting is - it's about... having the courage to allow your audience into the private moments of your characters' lives.”
“I always prided myself on the fact that I could live out of milk crates forever. It was kind of my way of detaching from materialism.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“As a young girl, my real dream was to be the woman in the shows at SeaWorld.”
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