Kerry Washington News 2015: Actress Gives Powerful Speech About Discrimination, 'We Must Be Allies' [VIDEO]
Kerry Washington might be one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood, but she also has a lot to say. The Hollywood star gave quite the speech about discrimination while she received a Vanguard Award for promoting LGBT rights.
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According to Gossip Cop on Sunday, Washington spoke about how her roles become political statements and advocated for more LGBT representation in the media.
She said, "When black people today tell me that they don't believe in gay marriage. I say, 'People used to say stuff like that about you and your love.'" She continued, "We must be allies, and we must be allies in this business. Because to be represented is to be humanized."
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Washington added before getting a standing ovation, "In the real world, being an other is the norm. In the real world, the only norm is uniqueness, and our media must reflect that."
Meanwhile, in an interview with Marie Claire magazine this month (via E! News), Washington admits that she didn't always think she was a "looker."
She said, "I didn't grow up thinking I was pretty; there was always a prettier girl than me. So I learned to be smart and tried to be funny and develop the inside of me, because I felt like that's what I had."
Washington also admits that she wasn't always such a private person in her life. The Hollywood beauty admits that there was a moment in her life when she was a little "too open" about everything that was going on in her private life and that she regrets sharing too much information about herself.
She said, "Earlier in my career I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn't have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they're in and you don't get to say, 'Oh, I want this for myself.'"
