Kerry Washingon discusses her memoir, 'Thicker Than Water,' and the family secret revelation that taught Olivia Pope's portrayer to be her own protagonist.
, a lot of the work I do is supporting grassroots community organizations and telling them that they are the Olivia Popes of their neighborhoods, they are the people who have power in the community by showing up. And then on the narrative side of Simpson Street, we’re so invested in upending otherness and what protagonists look like.
And in a lot of ways, this moment of me taking the time to figure out what my story is: Can I allow myself to be the protagonist of my life, rather than [in] the story my parents are telling or [as] a supporting character in other actors’ lives? Instead of pouring myself into other people’s lives, can I honor having my own value? I find enormous gratification being the supporting character in other people’s lives, other writers and producers and actors, or in my husband’s story,.
You found yourself learning from and pouring the emotions you couldn’t always feel in your personal life into your acting roles. Has that shifted for you? In some ways it’s with more intensity. There’s been a liberation with learning more of the truth about myself that’s allowed me to pour more of myself into the work. It’s just more freedom, more willingness to take risks and dive deep and take bigger swings and digging for more truth. It’s more creative courage.I guess I’m saying no to old patterns of ignoring my intuition.
Kerry Washington will appear at the Palace Theatre for a conversation about her memoir with Gabrielle Union on Oct. 1.
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