74 Quotes by Angela Bassett

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.

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

I look in the eyes and I see the heart. As long as it’s a human story. I would like to turn on my television and see African American, Hispanic, Asian as well as Caucasian. And I think there are probably more people like me.

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

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

This is a career about images. It’s celluloid; they last for ever. I’m a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we’re free on paper and in law, I’m not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.

I’m thinking about directing, but I know it’s a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

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

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.