Presenting 'Fresh Air': Angela Bassett On Drama, Music And 'Soul'

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🗓️ 2 February 2021

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Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to chat with actor Angela Bassett. She talks about her most recent film, Disney and Pixar's Soul, what drew her to acting as a young person growing up in Florida, whether Hollywood has changed for Black creatives and which of her past roles define her as a performer.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:08.7	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:10.2	And today we're going to share an interview I actually did for another show.
0:14.4	Fresh air.
0:15.4	You may have heard of it.
0:16.7	So I got to interview the one and only Angela Bassett just before Christmas.
0:21.7	And I tell you what, what a Christmas gift that was.
0:24.9	I have been a fan of both fresh air and of Miss Angela Bassett for decades, literally.
0:31.2	So Terry Gross and company, thank you for the opportunity.
0:35.3	Let's just get to it.
0:36.3	Here's Angela Bassett and me for NPR's fresh air.
0:40.0	Enjoy.
0:41.0	Angela Bassett is definitely an actress that you've seen a lot before.
0:46.8	She famously played Tina Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With
0:51.8	It.
0:52.8	I had a room full of people come to see me.
0:55.0	You and me, I come to see me.
1:00.0	So what do you want to do?
1:01.0	I don't know.
1:02.0	Shoot me.
1:04.2	That role got her an Oscar nomination.
1:06.5	She played Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X in the film Malcolm X.
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