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Kerry Washington's parents were "terrified" about her decision to be an actress.
The 37-year-old star may have been nominated for an Emmy award for her role as Olivia Pope in drama series 'Scandal', but her mother initially encouraged her to become a lawyer rather than pursue a career in TV and film.
When asked by Stylist magazine if her parents were fearful about her career change, former yoga supply teacher Kerry explained: "Terrified! My mother tried to talk me into doing a million other things. She used to say, 'Don't be an actor. Be a lawyer for actors.'
"I think every parent fears their child will be a starving artist - and with good reason because so many people wind up on that path. I'm very grateful they allowed me to pursue my dreams."
Kerry - who has three-month-old daughter Isabelle with husband Nnamdi Asomugha - did admit that she almost gave up on acting, after giving herself just one year to make it into a full time job.
She shared: "I had a really specific plan. I gave myself a year after undergraduate school to see if I could make some money. If it didn't work out I told myself I would go back to graduate or law school.
"If it didn't work out, I was willing to do other things for work. I wanted to at least give myself a shot, to invest in my own heart and passions.
"And I'm very lucky I was able to do a movie in that first year ['Our Song' in 2000] because I'm not sure I would've stuck with it otherwise. I'm very grateful that happened."

Katy Perry has posted a video of what appears to be her dressed in a giant pizza costume.
The 'Dark Horse' hitmaker has taken to her Instagram account to share a video of someone, likely herself, dressed in a head-to-toe pizza costume while playing with a small, fluffy dog.
The costume in question is a onesie-style jumpsuit complete with zip-up hood - meaning the fancy-dress enthusiast's face is hidden from the camera - and a cheese and pepperoni pizza design.
The 29-year-old singer - who is a big fan of fancy dress judging by the time she wore a McDonald's Happy Meal sweatshirt on the red carpet and the night she dressed as a giant bowl of popcorn while she promoted her concert movie - captioned the video, "Killer pizza bruh", followed by a number of emoticons of slices of pizza and sharp knives.
The mysterious figure is seen sitting crouched down on their knees, bending backwards and forwards, giggling and roaring while a playful dog chewing on the costume's sleeve continues to bark in excitement.
Meanwhile, Katy recently revealed she'd like to star in the musical version of the cult film 'Clueless', according to the movie's director Amy Heckerling - who has penned the lyrics for the stage show.
Amy said: "[It's in the] really, really, early, early stages.
"Katy Perry has expressed interest, and I love her to death."

Madonna's daughter is relieved to have finished high school.
Lourdes Leon, 17, whose father is personal trainer Carlos Leon, is set to attend the University of Michigan later this year, where she will pursue a bachelor's degree of fine arts in drama and theatre and could not be happier that her high school days are over.
Blogging on the Material Girl website, she wrote: "I don't know if u heard (sarcasm) but I GRADUATED. GRAAAAAD. UATED. From High School. It's very difficult to wrap my head around because I feel like its something I've been talking about FOR EVER and it finally happened.
"There also isn't the ominous presence of another year of high school and test taking up ahead like there usually is when you're about mid way into the beautiful summer (sic)."
Lourdes also revealed that she attended New York City's LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts prom with her classmates and despite some "awkward" moments, she had a great time.
She wrote: "A week before graduation I attended the classic party every American teenager goes to despite the really bad music - this is known as prom. What can I say? Those of you who have been probably know exactly what I'm talking about.
"Of course I had a beautiful time but I'll attribute that to the fact that I partied with my awesome friends all night.
"Not to mention awkwardly avoiding teachers because you may or may not have had some champagne and it would be weird to talk to them.
"I got to spend an entire weekend kicking it with my high school homies. It was a great way to end the year.(sic)"

Ray J has been charged with sexual battery for allegedly groping a woman's breast.
It was revealed yesterday (22.07.14) the 'I Hit It First' singer has been charged with 10 misdemeanour offences after being arrested at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in May and new details have now emerged over one of the charges following some confusion.
Police had originally been called to the Beverly Hills establishment after the singer - who is the younger brother of Brandy Norwood - had brushed up against a woman's butt, but officers at the time insisted it wasn't sexual battery because the contact was incidental.
However, according to TMZ, Ray was seen by multiple witnesses, both staff and patrons, grabbing a woman's chest, prompting the sexual battery charge.
Both the hotel lobby and bar are filled with surveillance cameras which cover every angle of both rooms, while another witness described the singer as "wacked out on something" when he entered the bar.
The 33-year-old star will be arraigned on all 10 charges on Friday (25.07.14), but is not required to be in court.
As well as sexual battery, the singer faces four charges of resisting arrest, three counts of assault and battery, and two counts of vandalism.
After being asked to leave the hotel due to his "rowdy" antics, Ray - who is best known for appearing in a sex tape with then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian - refused to go so security made a citizen's arrest.
Law enforcement officers then arrived at the scene and the R&B star allegedly kicked out the back window of the police car and spat in an arresting officer's face as he was being handcuffed.

Cheryl Cole's husband bought £10,000 worth of red roses for their wedding party.
The 'Crazy Stupid Love' singer and her new husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini celebrated their recent nuptials with a party for family and friends at The Library members club in London on Monday night (21.07.14) and the hunky businessman is said to have had the venue filled "from top to bottom" with flowers.
A friend of the couple revealed: "The party was very special for Cheryl and JB, it was a chance to celebrate with their nearest and dearest. It was still a very small affair.
"Cheryl told the guests how in love she was and Jean pulled out all the stops with hundreds of red roses. He had done a similar thing for her 31st birthday and that went down really well."
The newly-married couple's guests - who included Cheryl's former Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts, JLS's Marvin Humes and his The Saturdays singer wife Rochelle Humes - all dressed according to the monochrome theme while food was provided by the La Roche restaurant across the road.
Cheryl and JB also had a four-tiered wedding cake with flavours including Chocolate Oreo, lime and coconut.
One of Cheryl's guests told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It was beautiful. It was very low key. The speech was absolutely fabulous. Cheryl spoke of her commitment to Jean and how much she cared for him. She made sure she spoke to everyone in the room.
"We don't know Jean-Bernard that well but he seems a really lovely guy. He's made quite an impression."
Cheryl and JB got married during a secret ceremony on the Caribbean island of Mustique earlier this month after just three months of dating.

Richard Gere has sparked speculation he has a new girlfriend.
The 'Pretty Woman' actor had been romancing 'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi for the last few months, but he was seen holding hands with a brunette who was "definitely not" the 43-year-old beauty at Tutto Il Giorno in Southampton, New York, on Friday (18.07.14) evening, a source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column.
However, another source insisted Richard, 64, and Padma have been travelling a lot internationally and only saw one another last week.
The Buddhist actor - who split from wife Carey Lowell last September after 11 years of marriage - was in the Himalayas earlier this month as part of the Dalai Lama's 79th birthday celebrations, while Padma has been in London.
Richard and Carey - who have 14-year-old son Homer together - never officially confirmed they were separating but were said to have been living apart for some time before their split.
The hunky actor was also previously married to Cindy Crawford for four years until 1995.
Former model Padma, 43, was previously married to author Salman Rushdie for three years until 2007 and dated billionaire Teddy Forstmann until he died of brain cancer in 2011 at the age of 71.
The presenter has a three-year-old daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi-Dell, with Adam Dell, the venture capitalist brother of computer maker Michael Dell.

Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have put their Los Angeles home on the market.
The 'Blurred Lines' singer and the 'Baggage Claim' actress split in February after eight years of marriage and have now listed their house on the exclusive Bird Street for $2.9 million.
The three bedroom, three-and-a-half bathroom home was first bought by Robin's father Alan Thicke in the 1990s and gifted to the couple in 2005 after their wedding.
One bedroom is currently being used as a recording studio by Robin, according to the listing, while the property also features a pool, spa and small courtyard with impressive views of Downtown Los Angeles.
The decision to put the house on the market comes after months of attempts by Robin to get his wife back, even going so far as to name his latest album 'Paula'.
However, the singer - who has a four-year-old son Julian with his estranged spouse - recently admitted his efforts to win her back might be a waste of time.
He said: "I actually have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just kinda flying by the seat of my pants on this one."
He added: "I just wanted to make something artistic out of a very difficult period.
"When you lose the love of your life you don't have much to hide anymore."
But Robin, who recently claimed he hasn't seen his estranged wife in four months, is prepared to be just friends with the actress in the future.
Asked about the final track about friendship, 'Forever Love,' on his album, he said: "The album... I didn't want it to be all depressing. I didn't want her to listen to it and make her sad only. I wanted there to be moments where she had hope and positivity that her and I can both still have a great life, no matter what happens, and we'll be great friends and great parents."

Miley Cyrus hired a psychic to contact her dead dog.
The 'Wrecking Ball' singer was left devastated when her Alaskan Klee Kai, Floyd, was killed by a coyote in April earlier this year and she has sought comfort by hiring a medium to get in contact with her deceased pooch.
Animal medium Melissa Bacelar revealed that Miley felt a great deal of guilt about not being there when Floyd died.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It was particularly hard as [Miley] wasn't there when Floyd died, so there would have been a huge amount of guilt.
"I connect with the dog telepathically. Some will give me actual words but, most of the time, I will get images and feelings which I pass on to the owner."
The 21-year-old singer has had a very public grieving period, including sharing many photos of her shrine to the late dog on Instagram and getting a tattoo of Floyd underneath her armpit.
Last month, Miley welcomed a new dog into her furry family.
Rough Collie, Emu Coyne Cyrus joined Miley's three other pups in June, Mary Jane, Happy and Bean.
After announcing the news on Instagram, the blonde was adamant that Emu was not a replacement for Floyd, as she wrote: "There will never be anyone like Floyd. There was a bond that was so deep it's irreplaceable but that's not what I am trying to do. Never will I replace Floyd and that's something I had to take time to understand."

Mitch Winehouse still speaks to his late daughter, Amy.
The showbiz patriarch - who lost the 'Valerie' singer to accidental alcohol poisoning in July 2011 - has admitted he can still sense that his daughter is close by and hears her words of encouragement whenever he takes to the stage.
He told The Sun newspaper: "She's standing next to me, every time I go out on that stage.
"She's there all right, I feel her, sense her.
"She's in here now saying, 'Just get on with it, Dad'. I'm always speaking to her, all day, every day."
Mitch also explained that Amy - who died aged just 27 at her North London home- was "angry" over her passing at first but has now become more settled in the after-life.
He said: "Her passing was a mistake and at first she was very angry and upset -- I could feel that -- but now she's more settled."
Although Mitch still admits life is still difficult without the 'Back To Black' hitmaker, he believes establishing his charity, the Amy Winehouse Foundation - which trains recovering addicts to go into schools and speak of their experiences - has made him a better man.
He said: "Before she passed I wasn't very industrious but now I'm a different person. It changed my life. After Amy died, I wanted to do something that mattered, which is how the Amy Winehouse Foundation came about. Who would have thought that three years on we would have achieved so much?
"I know Amy is very proud. She would not have wanted us to wallow in grief."