Kerry Washington stars alongside Craig Robinson in the upcoming romantic comedy Peeples.
The film, written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism, centers around the Peeples, a well-off family celebrating a reunion weekend in the Hamptons, which is interrupted by a surprise guest.
During an interview with theGrio’s Chris Witherspoon, Washington talked about her new film and revealed that she doesn’t have a dream movie or TV role.
“I don’t have a dream role really. I have a dream career,” she said. “I’d love to have a career like some of the actresses that I really admire; people like Diahann Carroll, Julie Andrews, or Barbra Streisand. People who have worked in film, television and theater and directed, produced, and acted. I just want to be able to keep doing what I love.”
Washington’s stylist Erin Walsh was recently included on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 25 Most Powerful Stylists, for helping the actress become a fashion icon.
However the Scandal star revealed that she doesn’t feel pressure at this point in her career to stay thin.
“I feel pressure that I put on myself to be the best version of myself possible,” Washington confessed. “But that’s been since I was a kid. I just think that’s what life is about, is going out there and being the best version of you that you can be. It’s not about being like anybody else.”
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