Kerry Washington

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.

So the inside out is like, do I have the courage to reveal that kind of deep vulnerability that when you have a child, you become powerless? It's like that thing I've heard Obama say of like, your heart is suddenly on the outside of you walking around in the world. Like, can I let people into that and be that? And then the outside in is like,

So the inside out is like, do I have the courage to reveal that kind of deep vulnerability that when you have a child, you become powerless? It's like that thing I've heard Obama say of like, your heart is suddenly on the outside of you walking around in the world. Like, can I let people into that and be that? And then the outside in is like,

OK, but now I have to learn like fight training and weapons training and how she walks and how does she dress and, you know, how does she live in the world as somebody who's trained to kill people and what kind of person becomes somebody who kills people for a living? And so there are like all these.

OK, but now I have to learn like fight training and weapons training and how she walks and how does she dress and, you know, how does she live in the world as somebody who's trained to kill people and what kind of person becomes somebody who kills people for a living? And so there are like all these.

And I know a little something about that, too, like the desperation part of me of feeling like you don't have options. OK, so can I let people into that? So it's all it's like a like parts of me that do relate, bringing those forward and then parts of me that don't relate, learning how to add those on.

And I know a little something about that, too, like the desperation part of me of feeling like you don't have options. OK, so can I let people into that? So it's all it's like a like parts of me that do relate, bringing those forward and then parts of me that don't relate, learning how to add those on.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sometimes. Yeah, absolutely. And sometimes it's really hard to shake at the end.

Sometimes. Yeah, absolutely. And sometimes it's really hard to shake at the end.

At night, you're like, you're feeling the adrenaline because you become that energy. Yes, you do. And I think before I got married and had kids, I was much more of like a method actor, meaning like I stayed in the characters all the time. For months? Yeah. Yes. And it was miserable, quite honestly. It's like really hard and really wrecked havoc on my nervous system.

At night, you're like, you're feeling the adrenaline because you become that energy. Yes, you do. And I think before I got married and had kids, I was much more of like a method actor, meaning like I stayed in the characters all the time. For months? Yeah. Yes. And it was miserable, quite honestly. It's like really hard and really wrecked havoc on my nervous system.

When I got married and had kids, I was like, I need to figure out how to put this down. Like, I don't want to bring this home. I want to be able to have a healthy life outside of work.

When I got married and had kids, I was like, I need to figure out how to put this down. Like, I don't want to bring this home. I want to be able to have a healthy life outside of work.

Some of it is ritual. Sometimes I really try to look at the hair and makeup process and the costume process as very ritualistic. And so when I'm taking the clothes off at the end of the day, I'm taking the character off at the end of the day. I just did a movie called... where I was playing, it's a movie directed by Ben Affleck and he, he and I are husband and wife.

Some of it is ritual. Sometimes I really try to look at the hair and makeup process and the costume process as very ritualistic. And so when I'm taking the clothes off at the end of the day, I'm taking the character off at the end of the day. I just did a movie called... where I was playing, it's a movie directed by Ben Affleck and he, he and I are husband and wife.

And so, you know, every day at work, I have to take off my wedding ring and I pin it to myself. I never not have it with me. So I always pin it to myself somewhere. When you're shooting, when you're filming. And then I have to take this other wedding ring, right? That belongs to the movie. And I have to put on this other wedding ring and now I'm in this marriage. So

And so, you know, every day at work, I have to take off my wedding ring and I pin it to myself. I never not have it with me. So I always pin it to myself somewhere. When you're shooting, when you're filming. And then I have to take this other wedding ring, right? That belongs to the movie. And I have to put on this other wedding ring and now I'm in this marriage. So

At the end of the day, it's really important to me to take off that wedding ring, take off that marriage, that's not my life, and put my own ring back on and step into my life.