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Acting is my calling, not my career.
Angela Bassett
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Angela Bassett
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 16
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Angela Evelyn Bassett
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I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.
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The world has white people and black people in it. Even in Harlem.
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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.
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People confuse the person and the part.
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I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.
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I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.
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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.
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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.
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I remembered that throughout my growing up and education and pursuing my dreams and desires, going into acting, and, of course, getting through Yale University and on and on and on, that being average, being mediocre was not an option that you should be proud of.
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