'Scandal' star Kerry Washington has spent her life trying to quit Hollywood

Kerry Washington said she has tried to quit Hollywood multiple times but stayed for roles like Ray Charles' wife and Washington, D.C., fixer Olivia Pope.

"I am always quitting this business, and then right when I decide that I’m done is when something extraordinary comes across my desk."

She added that she was "really, really done with this business right before I read the script for ‘Ray.’ I was really, really done with this business right before I read the script for ‘The Last King of Scotland.’ I was entirely done with this business before reading the script for ‘Scandal.’ This is what happens again and again."