#us

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama! ↗

— Kerry Washington

#afforded #african-american #college #could #ellis

I've always been a writer because I've always been a student. My mom's a retired professor, so I come from a very academic background. I love writing, you know? ↗

— Kerry Washington

#always #background #because #been #come

Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!' ↗

— Kerry Washington

#because #believable #coming #different #fantastic

All the time that I'm acting with an animated character, I'm looking at a tennis ball or sticky tape or an eyeline or a man in a green suit. There's no real environment, just this electric green that's blaring into your brain. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#animated #ball #brain #character #electric

As a teenager I was very anxious. I had a lot of energy and passion that I wanted to channel into creative things, and I always felt like I wasn't achieving enough. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#always #anxious #channel #creative #energy

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#business #cast #relying #someone #wait

Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#actually #always #attached #bogged #down

I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#bit #event #i #loner #me

It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?' ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#attractive #because #life #like #make

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#bits and pieces #catch #cinema #european #films