Beautiful actress Kerry Washington is this month’s cover subject on Capitol File Magazine. Inside the issue, she discusses her role in ‘For Colored Girls’, acting, her childhood and her views on society.Check out a few excerpts from the interview below:
On her childhood:
“From a very young age, the subjects at the dining room 
On For Colored Girls:
“That play is such an important part of the American canon, but also of the canon for women of color. A lot of us have a For Colored Girls poem in our back pocket, the way you’d have a Shakespeare monologue in your back pocket.”
On being an actress:
“I don’t think of it in terms of being difficult. There are much more difficult jobs than mine, like running the State Department! My job does not compare to Hillary Clinton’s.”
On Society:
“It’s very easy to go along with the stereotypes we have in our minds of various political groups or people who identify with various groups,” She added “I think we tend to forget people’s humanity and make assumptions about who they are based on a political belief that they ascribe to.”
