Kerry Washington

This was like, what does it feel like to train really hard to, you know, the physical training, the fight choreography, the weapons training, all of that was like a very, very physical manifestation of feelings that I felt like I had been cultivating over the past few years.

This was like, what does it feel like to train really hard to, you know, the physical training, the fight choreography, the weapons training, all of that was like a very, very physical manifestation of feelings that I felt like I had been cultivating over the past few years.

So it was really exciting for me to like get out there and kick ass and just act as if there was nothing I couldn't do or wouldn't do to protect my family.

So it was really exciting for me to like get out there and kick ass and just act as if there was nothing I couldn't do or wouldn't do to protect my family.

I think there are lots of different kinds of strength. And I think, you know, the exciting thing for me as an actor is I get to explore some of those dynamics of how we express who we are in our lifetime. And Olivia Pope, for example, is a really strong person in her brain. Like intellectually, she's really strong. Emotionally, she's strong.

I think there are lots of different kinds of strength. And I think, you know, the exciting thing for me as an actor is I get to explore some of those dynamics of how we express who we are in our lifetime. And Olivia Pope, for example, is a really strong person in her brain. Like intellectually, she's really strong. Emotionally, she's strong.

But I have never thought of myself as a fighter, as a warrior, you know, and so to to get up every morning and train with these incredible martial artists and stunt coordinators to like really put my body in a place where I'm wearing that strength in my cells. was just a crazy journey.

But I have never thought of myself as a fighter, as a warrior, you know, and so to to get up every morning and train with these incredible martial artists and stunt coordinators to like really put my body in a place where I'm wearing that strength in my cells. was just a crazy journey.

It was so exciting to like, let the strength not just exist mentally, because Kyra, the character I play in Shadow Force, she's smart and she's emotionally strong, but she's also got guns, like guns and guns. And so like, yeah, like to become that person and to, You know, it's such a wonderful relationship. The mind body connection is so interesting. You talk about it a lot on this show.

It was so exciting to like, let the strength not just exist mentally, because Kyra, the character I play in Shadow Force, she's smart and she's emotionally strong, but she's also got guns, like guns and guns. And so like, yeah, like to become that person and to, You know, it's such a wonderful relationship. The mind body connection is so interesting. You talk about it a lot on this show.

And so for me to get to to really, really commit to trying to be as strong and fearless physically as I had become emotionally and spiritually. was very cool.

And so for me to get to to really, really commit to trying to be as strong and fearless physically as I had become emotionally and spiritually. was very cool.

Yeah, I mean, that's another great example, right? Is when you get on your knees in prayer, again, that's a physical embodiment of an emotional dynamic because there is inherent humility for being on your knees. So sometimes, like I'm a person who prays all the time. Like I pray in my car. I pray when I'm walking down the street. I pray when I'm cooking dinner.

Yeah, I mean, that's another great example, right? Is when you get on your knees in prayer, again, that's a physical embodiment of an emotional dynamic because there is inherent humility for being on your knees. So sometimes, like I'm a person who prays all the time. Like I pray in my car. I pray when I'm walking down the street. I pray when I'm cooking dinner.

But I do feel like there are times when it's really important for me to take that submissive posture and get on my knees just to remind myself that I'm not in control, that I'm not the ultimate power, that there's something bigger than me, that I can ask for help that's outside of me.

But I do feel like there are times when it's really important for me to take that submissive posture and get on my knees just to remind myself that I'm not in control, that I'm not the ultimate power, that there's something bigger than me, that I can ask for help that's outside of me.

So again, for me, that relationship between how we think, how we feel, and how it lives in the body is such a huge part of how I work as an actor and how I try to live my life. Yeah.

So again, for me, that relationship between how we think, how we feel, and how it lives in the body is such a huge part of how I work as an actor and how I try to live my life. Yeah.

So like you said I was in college and I was really struggling I have throughout my life struggled with an eating disorder and that was like the worst of it it was the that was the turning point where I really was like I need help like I can't fix this by myself and

So like you said I was in college and I was really struggling I have throughout my life struggled with an eating disorder and that was like the worst of it it was the that was the turning point where I really was like I need help like I can't fix this by myself and