Angela Bassett reflects on her career and the moment she learned of her second Oscar nomination.
Decades after her first performance in front of an audience, Angela Bassett can still remember her lines.
She told"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King that her first performance was Langston Hughes' poem,"Madam and the Minister." Since then, she's starred in dozens of movies, including"What's Love Got To Do With It" and"How Stella Got Her Groove Back," and this year she's Oscar-nominated for her performance as Queen Ramonda in"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," the sequel to the 2018 Marvel hit"Black Panther.
"We would do take, and take, and take. We did that song all day," Bassett said."We'd do it from the top of the song to the end of the song, completely through, not like bits and pieces. The entire thing, me and the girls, The Ikettes, and afterwards ... He would say 'Go again,' and you were like, 'Can an actor have a moment, a minute?'" "I love it. I love it," she said."Can I take it home? I'll keep it safe." "In the moment ...
"This was before we even knew the phrase 'Black girl magic,'" King said."But it was a group of Black women gathered around to watch that movie, and there was always something that everybody could relate to. And I loved 'Waiting to Exhale.
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