I think it's important to find humor anywhere you can. In real life, with the darkest, scariest, most intense moments, if you can find something funny, that's good. Katie Lowes More Quotes by Katie Lowes More Quotes From Katie Lowes When I start my mornings, I put some essential oils in a diffuser; it might be orange blossom or jasmine to energize and spruce me up or lavender at night to really calm me down. Katie Lowes downmecalmnight For me, having a baby was never going to be timed randomly. I wanted to have mine while I was on 'Scandal.' Kerry Washington is one of my best friends, and I've gotten to watch her go through motherhood. I also have the greatest female boss in Shonda Rhimes, who is a mother of three and a huge advocate for women. Katie Lowes bestmewomenmother If you can find a group of women, any age, who are supportive and kind and love you, that's the best. I have a group of girlfriends that I would lay in front of a bus for. They've picked me up through really, really bad times and I can definitely say I've done the same for them. Katie Lowes bestmewomenlove I got 'Scandal,' and that was, far and away, the biggest deal that had happened in my career. Simultaneously, the stress from planning my wedding and being in the public eye for the first time, combined with genetics - I got the diagnosis that I had psoriasis, and I was completely embarrassed and ashamed. I felt like a lesser person. Katie Lowes weddingstresseyetime In high school, I had a couple girlfriends who had very extreme eating disorders. Anorexia and bulimia. And in college as well. It's just heartbreaking. As someone going through it, it's heartbreaking. And as a friend who's helping a friend going through it, it's heartbreaking. It's a real, real disease. Katie Lowes friendhigh-schooleatingschool Kerry Washington is a mentor to me. She is so strong and smart. She's also so giving and supportive. Katie Lowes mesmartstronggiving I'm a New Yorker, so I speak really fast, naturally. Katie Lowes fastreallynewspeak Everybody has parts of themselves that they're not 100% happy with - that's what makes you human. And being an actor, your job is to play human beings. Your job is to play real people. Katie Lowes jobyouhappypeople I think that there is something truly beautiful in everybody you meet. Katie Lowes meetthinkyoubeautiful I look so fondly back on that time in my life when you first got an agent and you were in your mid-twenties and the world was your oyster. Katie Lowes my-lifeyoutimelife 'Scandal' has been, for me, the most consistent time I've ever logged in front of a camera. I grew up in the theater, and I feel very confident and comfortable on the stage and in front of a live audience, but the camera is a very different medium. Katie Lowes camerafeelmetime To have an opportunity to get in front of a camera every single day is just priceless because it gets you closer and closer to being less self-consciousness in front of it and really being human and really making choices and standing by them. Katie Lowes cameradayyouopportunity I went to NYU Tisch for undergrad, and it was amazing. My life then was extremely experimental with acting. I did crazy theater where we would be rolling around on the floor. I would be playing grandmothers, and clowns, and all this crazy stuff. Then I would be doing Shakespeare eight hours a day. Katie Lowes my-lifedaycrazylife I love singing! I was a musical theater girl in high school. We were always singing and dancing around, and just doing little community theaters and high school musicals. Then, when I got to NYU, I focused more on drama. Katie Lowes singingcommunitygirllove Acting is a growing tick muscle. I really believe that it's similar to being a musician in that the more you practice it in any capacity, as much as you practice doing it every day, the better you get. Katie Lowes dayyoupracticebelieve I think it's just important to be always bouncing between TV and theater, and hopefully I'll get to do movies at some point. Katie Lowes moviesthinkalwaysimportant I'm big on yoga and of taking care of my mental health. Katie Lowes bigmental-healthcarehealth I do Hatha yoga at Yogaworks three times a week and do two hikes a week. Katie Lowes weekthreeyogatwo I run into so many people who also have psoriasis and share the same feelings as I had. I tell them that it's about being your own boss and of not settling until they find whatever it is that works for them and they have their life look the way they want it to. Katie Lowes lookbosslifepeople After having a real baby, I was sitting on a doughnut for a month. Katie Lowes monthrealsittingbaby
