Shonda Rhymes posed for the cover of Entertainment Weekly along with the three strong women from her shows, Grey’s Anatomy‘s Ellen Pompeo, Scandal‘s Kerry Washington and How To Get Away With Murder‘s Viola Davis talked about their characters’ future.
Ellen Pompeo talked about how sexist is that people don’t see Meredith without a man anymore:
“All of a sudden, Patrick [Dempsey] leaves, and it’s like, Oh my God, Meredith’s gonna get killed with Alzheimer’s! The show couldn’t possibly go on without the man!”
Viola Davis on black people in the entertainment industry:
“You have to come from Detroit or Atlanta to be black. If you have John Denver on your iPod and you come from Central Falls, Rhode Island, then: Eh, you trickle-down black woman.”
Kelly Washington on being a female showrunner:
“I was talking to an actress who’s pregnant and really worried about telling her bosses, and I said, ‘Yeah, when I told my boss I was pregnant, she literally jumped up and down in my trailer.’ I don’t know if there’s a male showrunner who would do that.”
Shonda Rhimes talked about her parents:
“When I encountered something that felt like racism—like my high school guidance counselor saying to me, ‘Honey, I don’t think you were made for Ivy League schools’—I called my mom at work and said, “Mom, this lady says I’m not made for Ivy League schools.” And my mother said, “Hold on, I’ll be there in five minutes.” My mom drove up to the school, walked into the guidance counselor’s office, came out, and said, “Everything’s fine now.”
To continue reading more about Shonda’s world and the upcoming seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, which is available on newsstands.
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