Angela Bassett Quote

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last forever. 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.


Interview, the Guardian (February 11, 2009)


This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last forever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though...

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last forever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though...

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last forever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though...

This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last forever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though...