Kerry Washington

Like it just gives me. And so maybe for some people it's therapy for some people, it could be like meditative walking or journaling or, but it's like, what are the practices that allow me to pause and get in the present moment and be more honest with myself?

Like it just gives me. And so maybe for some people it's therapy for some people, it could be like meditative walking or journaling or, but it's like, what are the practices that allow me to pause and get in the present moment and be more honest with myself?

Really? Every single time. Because here's the crazy thing.

Really? Every single time. Because here's the crazy thing.

Yes, yes. But you've been crushing it. It's excitement though, right? Like it's that fear that also... I have to remember that the physiological experience of fear is the same physiological experience of excitement. So that fear is like... Holy I've never done. Because every time I play a new character, I'm doing something I've never done before.

Yes, yes. But you've been crushing it. It's excitement though, right? Like it's that fear that also... I have to remember that the physiological experience of fear is the same physiological experience of excitement. So that fear is like... Holy I've never done. Because every time I play a new character, I'm doing something I've never done before.

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.

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.

Yeah.

Yeah.

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.