Kerry Washington

Like I do have a toolbox of like, I know how to memorize the lines and I know I, I, I, but I'm becoming a new human being. Every time I start a new project, a new person with new desires and new fears. And she walks a different way and she wears her hair a different way. And she has different ways of speaking. And breathing and eating.

And so I'm starting from scratch every time I start a new role. So I'm always terrified and I'm always like, Oh God, will I be able to figure this one out? Will I be able to unlock her? Will I be able to be her in the way that the project needs me to be her? So it's super exciting.

And so I'm starting from scratch every time I start a new role. So I'm always terrified and I'm always like, Oh God, will I be able to figure this one out? Will I be able to unlock her? Will I be able to be her in the way that the project needs me to be her? So it's super exciting.

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So I think early in my life, You know, when I was in my 20s or even like as a teenager, I actually... I was really hungry for a strong sense of self. And I didn't have one. So the characters allowed me to explore different personalities and kind of take on different people's journeys. And that was really helpful to me to...

So I think early in my life, You know, when I was in my 20s or even like as a teenager, I actually... I was really hungry for a strong sense of self. And I didn't have one. So the characters allowed me to explore different personalities and kind of take on different people's journeys. And that was really helpful to me to...

To kind of experience life through somebody else's eyes and get a sense of what resonates and what doesn't. Because I really didn't feel like I had a strong center. Yeah.

To kind of experience life through somebody else's eyes and get a sense of what resonates and what doesn't. Because I really didn't feel like I had a strong center. Yeah.

I think when I started treatment for my eating disorder and started therapy, I started to have a deeper understanding of self. Yeah. Again, I think it's grown and evolved through the years because also we're always changing, right? Of course. So our sense of self is always changing. But I think now I've really learned to see these characters as kind of extensions of myself.

I think when I started treatment for my eating disorder and started therapy, I started to have a deeper understanding of self. Yeah. Again, I think it's grown and evolved through the years because also we're always changing, right? Of course. So our sense of self is always changing. But I think now I've really learned to see these characters as kind of extensions of myself.

When I play a new character, I kind of have two jobs. There's an outside-in approach and there's an inside-out approach. And the inside-out approach is I ask myself, like, what do I, Carrie, know about this character? What about her experience can I relate to deeply? Personally. Yes, personally. From your experience.

When I play a new character, I kind of have two jobs. There's an outside-in approach and there's an inside-out approach. And the inside-out approach is I ask myself, like, what do I, Carrie, know about this character? What about her experience can I relate to deeply? Personally. Yes, personally. From your experience.

Do I have the courage to reveal that part of myself publicly and let the other stuff kind of fall away and let that part of me be my full essence in this character?

Do I have the courage to reveal that part of myself publicly and let the other stuff kind of fall away and let that part of me be my full essence in this character?

So like, you know, people say before you have kids, people will say to you like, oh, I would kill for my child. And you're like, oh, that's such a cute expression.

So like, you know, people say before you have kids, people will say to you like, oh, I would kill for my child. And you're like, oh, that's such a cute expression.

And then you have children and you're like, oh, I get it. Like I I can't imagine something I wouldn't do to protect my children. Right. Like I love them so fiercely. So then I read this script where this woman is literally taking people out to protect her child. I'm like, okay, well, I've never killed anybody in real life. I'm not a trained assassin, but I understand that love.

And then you have children and you're like, oh, I get it. Like I I can't imagine something I wouldn't do to protect my children. Right. Like I love them so fiercely. So then I read this script where this woman is literally taking people out to protect her child. I'm like, okay, well, I've never killed anybody in real life. I'm not a trained assassin, but I understand that love.

I understand that fierce motherhood, that mother instinct, that like I would do anything for you. And I understand making tough choices for your family that don't always feel good, but are the right thing to do. So I say, okay, I'm not a mercenary. I'm not a killer. I'm not a bi, but I do know a mother's love.