Angela Bassett Quotes, Thoughts and Images

When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers.

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.

It’s more than just saying lines and turning the light on. You have to drive the story - there’s a technical aspect.

I guess I'm breaking out a little of what's comfortable and easy.

I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.

Drink a bunch of water and get facials regularly. I take care of my skin.

Acting is my calling, not my career.

People confuse the person and the part.

When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale University with my master's and I didn't do it by missing school.

I'm the type of individual that I enjoy watching any different cultural lives, and I see the common humanity even though the hair textures are different or the skin tones are varied.

Theater's my first love. I love it. It excites me. It feeds me.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

I like the nice guys. I like when they show the stories, the human element behind it all.

Memories are meant to fade, Lenny. They're designed that way for a reason.

I think if you're able to do over the course of your career 20, 30, 50 very wonderful rich characters, you'd rather have that than an Oscar.

I love vegan choices, raw food choices, and I’ll eat whatever I have to in order to get into whatever shape I need to get into for any one particular role.

The world has white people and black people in it. Even in Harlem.

In feature film world I'm very much...a hired hand. It's a world of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson - they're able to produce and to star and it's, that's not my world.

My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.

I don't really like horror shows, horror movies, or any of that. I'm really a lightweight, in terms of that.

Of course you want to do all the research that you can, but it's impossible to take a life and the boundaries of an hour and a half, so there is hope there will be understanding about that also.