And it elicits something else, you know. And isn't the goal of all of this to allow Black women to choose their path and do what's good for them? I mean, and - but all I had to do was get out of jail and talk on the phone and get somebody to come down and get me. And it's just so tragic. Angela Bassett and Phylicia Rashad talk about portraying black animated women in Soul and what voicing these characters means to them. And your five-year-old has to take up for his sister. Emmy®, ⦠Pixar's new animated film "Soul" has an all-star cast providing the voices, Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Daveed Diggs, Questlove and our guest, Angela Bassett. I'm thinking right now specifically of John Singleton, you know, and "Boyz N The Hood," where I had come to LA from New York, you know - not much television. They shot him, you know, when he's - you know, he's killed the woman and he's - you know, his - all mental not there. BASSETT: Oh, yeah. Angela Bassett talks about meeting Chadwick Boseman for the first time, the television gig that started her career and the upcoming fourth season of her show 9-1-1. And we can - hopefully, we can right this world. - because I just remember it was everywhere when it came out, and it was on TV for years. I don't want you. Then after that, they're soap operas and, after that, industrial. And he says, hey, we need some help. SANDERS: Do you still hear from folks about that? And I see in the zeitgeist right now a lot of creatives of color saying, I don't care if it's dignified. I was like, wait a minute. BASSETT: I literally remember saying that - if I could make people feel as bad as I feel right now. Video Interview 2020. Here it is a sketch show. Like, you've seemed to have done every genre of TV and film there is, animated, Marvel, biopics, romance films, network procedurals. Just turn on the news, and you have Breonna and George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. You know. SANDERS: So let's hear a bit now of that sketch from "Black Lady Sketch Show." BASSETT: I hope so. BASSETT: No, because you can't - everyone's on their own particular journey. Do it with excellence, not just a waste of time, you know. What works for them may not works for me. She received an Oscar nomination for playing Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got To Do With It." It's so alive. (Dec. 22) And then you go to your theater and Negro Ensemble Company or whatever. Bassett is one of the stars of Pixar's new animated film, "Soul," which will be streaming on Disney+ starting Christmas Day. Fresh Air For Dec. 22, 2020: Angela Bassett Hear the Fresh Air program for December 22, 2020 But I think we should be. And she integrated and intertwined those two things in such a dramatic way, which, of course (laughter), I would appreciate as a lover of drama and of music. I'm here with my son, T'Challa. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Equally adept at stage, screen, and television--and scorchingly hot wherever she goes--Angela Bassett honed her considerable acting chops in productions at Yale School of Drama, where the brainiac beauty earned an MFA.Angela made her film debut in the cult favorite F/X (1986) and broke through to critical (and horndog) acclaim in John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood (1991). BASSETT: You can't help but dream, desire to be excellent. "Soul" will be released on Disney+ Christmas Day. (Getty Images) Angela Bassett won the Golden Globe for Best Actress award for ⦠And that might be the first time I've said it. You know, little four lines here (laughter), you know, and do some Langston Hughes poems there and put a little ginger on it, you know, put a little funk on it, a little drama, you know - wherever I could. ROBIN THEDE: (As Tina) Oh, I've seen those. And everyone has up and left, and I am literally, with whomever I'm with, the last - the only (laughter) person in this theater, and I am weeping for - I'm just crying. And you look up, and you'll find it on VH1 - something or another. Now we got to (laughter), you know, bend it backwards and somehow, you know, land in the middle. But I think there was a time when I was coming up we couldn't - coming through and before me even, where we couldn't afford to be less than because we were - you know, we were considered, we were told, we were - it was written, you know (laughter) - it was written that we were less than, that we were three-fifths. I mean, you would listen to her, and you would hear strains of classical music mixed with jazz, mixed with a little lullaby (laughter), you know, of your youth. The following is a comprehensive list of acting and directing credits for American actress Angela Bassett. But I got to tell you I stopped counting how many times I have watched you in the Jackson family TV miniseries because you did that (laughter). Let's get back to the interview our guest interviewer Sam Sanders recorded with Angela Bassett. And you don't have the other distractions, you know, the physicality, the facial expressions, you know, the others. SANDERS: It has been an honor to talk with you about this and to watch your work in "Soul," a film that I think a lot of folks are going to be enjoying very soon. Angela Bassett Go to IMDb page. SANDERS: It's funny. Bassett spoke to our guest interviewer, Sam Sanders. And, of course, then I had the - you know, the auntie who was the - you know, the Ph.D., Doctor Bassett wall of the family, who was the practical one, you know. Things that I may - you know, maybe I wouldn't have played the prostitute then, but I might play her today (laughter). It's the only one we got. SANDERS: And I was like, I wouldn't have expected to see Angela Bassett doing this. And she came away, and she's good with hers. And I've always known that what work for me may not work for everyone. It's great. It starts streaming on Disney+ Christmas Day. We'll hear more of their interview after a short break. And I just remember sitting at the Kennedy Center and seeing James Earl Jones in "Of Mice And Men," which I've seen many, many times. Nov 11, 2020. It's more - it might be more - you know, it's more open. But then you get an opportunity to do television, and then you want to do more. I'm the moderator of the group, I guess. So, you know, I was in my own insular community. And he was strong. SANDERS: Angela Bassett, thank you so much for your time here on FRESH AIR. And so I would be mesmerized watching her explaining what I'm doing. And these were my childhood daydreams and idols, and I have this opportunity. You know how they do. BASSETT: Yeah, it soars, and I know he's watching me. And I remember just saying, I'm not playing him. And were creatives of color more likely to help you get out of those silos? ", (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM"). It comes from family. I mean, the world started showing its face, you know? SANDERS: One of the portrayals of yours that made me say recently, oh, that's a different direction for Angela Bassett - who I've been watching and loving for years - your sketch on "A Black Lady Sketch Show.". It's... SANDERS: I can hear the excitement. It seemed more observation or - and also, I mean, I wasn't bused to the other side of town until seventh grade. SANDERS: Hearing you talk about this idea of, you know, the roles need to be about something, say something and, you know, this - back to this idea of dignity and, like, is this helping or hurting - you know, in some parts of the culture, I see a shift. BASSETT: Thank you, appreciate speaking with you. I just say as long as it's done with excellence (laughter), you know. SANDERS: So that was Angela Bassett playing Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family in the TV miniseries "The Jacksons: An American Dream." SANDERS: Is this kind of voice acting in an animated film like this one easier or harder for you than - I don't know - quote, unquote, "regular acting," where we, you know, see your body on a screen? The fourth season of 9-1-1 returns to Fox tonight and, like many shows airing now, the procedural drama will infuse the COVID-19 pandemic into the ⦠(SOUNDBITE OF DAVE BRUBECK'S "SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN"). Blacklist user ⦠Angela Bassett, Orlando Bloom and Gal Gadot Among the Celebrity Presenters for the 14th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute. And... SANDERS: (Laughter) The ringleader, even. I'm playing their mother, and they revere their mother. What was it? BASSETT: Yeah, it does. They're not white, they're peach. ANGELA BASSETT: (As Tina) I've got a room full of people who've come to see me - you hear me, Ike? I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. GABRIELLE DENNIS: (As Mya) Well, I saw this lady walking down a street without lashes on. Phylicia Rashad, Angela Bassett and Tina Fey discuss the new Disney/Pixar movie âSoul.â The animated film is the first Pixar movie to have a Black lead animated character. Bassett plays world-renowned jazz saxophonist Dorothea Williams in Disney/Pixar's latest animated film. And it was wonderful to have opportunities with young directors maybe who didn't - they didn't look at it like that. I literally see you on every page I look at. We can - you know, we can make it better. SANDERS: You know, I was prepping for this interview, watching this film and then going over all the other work you've done. Because in theatre, you either reach the back of the theater and they believe you take them on that journey or they don't. BASSETT: I probably would have done that sketch. SANDERS: So you had the performance in you. SAM SANDERS, BYLINE: Angela Bassett is definitely an actress that you've seen a lot before. But she - so she - whenever she would see me perform - oh, Angela, when you did that, when you said, he dropped them - she had seen me in a production for colored girls, "Lady In Red." I could tell by her wedges. SANDERS: You know, it's interesting talking with the race and representation with you right now. So it really is about, you know, this is what it looks like, but always maintaining and having and insisting on your respect and humanity and that of others. SANDERS: That's what I was going to ask - OK. That's what I was going to ask you, because I know you've talked about not taking some roles. Ahmir Questlove Thompson plays the drummer. Member since 05/2020. He is introducing Joe, who is played by Jamie Foxx. BASSETT: Because there was all this stuff in the tabloids about Michael. One day, an old student of Joe's, who is a drummer for Dorothea Williams' band, he calls Joe. So not a lot of - and commercials. Bassett is one of the stars of Pixar's new animated film, "Soul," which starts streaming Christmas Day on Disney+. All rights reserved. Sam is the host of the NPR show It's Been A Minute. Well, the family's just my mother and sister. But we're all here in community together. These are, you know, television, sitcoms and dramas. BASSETT: I would have to say "What's Love.". Also available on the nbc app. But yeah, it's different for them because we live in this little hamlet. And what's even more important is that we're good with one another. BASSETT: You know, I might be feeling a certain way about myself now today. BASSETT: Yeah. This is amazing. Actor Films. BASSETT: Yeah, the ringleader. Was there a moment, something you saw? I could go on. And if that was good for you and that was good for her, we're good, you know? I'd never been asked to do a sketch show before, so that was intriguing to me. Trust me, Katy. So I remember how I felt listening to them or going to see Betty Carter and those young musicians looking up at her, and she's leading them. So I decided on the latter. Can you set up this sketch for our listeners? So it's various elements that are drawing me. So what are you going to do - I don't know - shoot me? BASSETT: Yeah. I had gone on the audition. These are, you know, musical theater actors. She talks about that role, as well as the challenges she's faced as a Black woman in Hollywood. And you probably saw her in the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther"... BASSETT: (As Ramonda) I call upon the ancestors. And I'm sitting in front one of them, who's a producer, and they choose me, you know, of all the girls in the world.
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