Taraji P. Henson on playing Empire's Cookie: "You give me good writing, I will eat that up and turn it into caviar on a silver platter"

Entertainment Weekly

"The writing this season has been impeccable; they haven’t dropped one beat. It feels like I’m in a movie," Henson tells EW in reacting to Tuesday's episode. "Wow, (showrunner) Brett (Mahoney) is doing such an amazing job with these stories. When I read it, I felt her. I just felt the cloud lift and her wings expand when she walked out that door. I just felt her be lighter. Because I’ve been there, in a relationship where you know it’s not good for you but you’re just stuck. And she was tired of being stuck. For God’s sake, this woman has already been in a cage for 17 years. Don’t stay in the cage when you’re free."