Angela Bassett Quotes

"We don't take it lightly. It impacts us."
-Angela Bassett

"I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep."
-Angela Bassett

"That play and those performances had a huge impact. It just changed the whole trajectory of my life. When [Jones] kills that woman at the end of the play, this simple-minded man who is gentle with a little mouse, it just spoke to my little girl's heart. I was the last one out of the theater. I was sitting there weeping."
-Angela Bassett

"And what we do is sacred."
-Angela Bassett

"If you have a big voice, so be it. But if you do things quietly, so be it. It can be done. I think it was a destiny for her life."
-Angela Bassett

"I think we both have a genuine respect and love for what we do. Theater is sacred."
-Angela Bassett

"I would straggle the line between being the bright and smart kid and trying to be cool in the lunch room — that sort of thing."
-Angela Bassett