Actress Kerry Washington’s is undoubtedly Hollywood’s newest “it” girl. From a record-breaking season 3 premiere of her hit show “Scandal” to nabbing nearly every major magazine cover this year, Washington could do no wrong.
Earlier this week, Washington was honored by the Paley Center and she gave a speech to the audience that further cemented why she is adored by her large female audience.
On where she learned to value her intelligence over her looks:
“I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths. But I always felt like my value was much more in my intellect than it was in my appearance, and so that’s what I spent time cultivating. And some of that I get from my mother, some of that comes from the schools that I went to, and some of that comes from probably insecurity. This feeling that my value is what’s on the inside, because what’s on the outside can’t really compete with other people, so I’ll place my focus there. Which I think has been a blessing for me. Because I’m not stupid.”
