Angela Bassett came on stage at the beginning of the year, collecting an honorary Academy Award for her amazing career spanning over three decades. The actress described the scene as a little “overwhelming.”
During an interview with People, the two-time Oscar nominee stated, “One of the things that I always say to myself and to my kids is, ‘Find the good and praise it,'” adding a “confluence of wondrous events,” referring to her twins turning eighteen and her career being on the rise.
She goes on to say, “The fact that it’s happening all at the same time, it can be a little overwhelming unless you just breathe through it and remember to be grateful.”
“For all of it.” For what you prayed for: what you worked for, for what you dreamed of.”
Her husband, Courtney B. Vance, gushed over her, saying she is “very shy” about her accomplishments.
“She’ll never toot her own horn,” he added. “The honorary Oscar was a wonderful night, but I flashed back to 30 years ago when they didn’t call her name, and then when they didn’t call her name last March.”
“This was an opportunity for her to stand up there. A lot of people saw it, but not the billion people that would see it at the Oscars. But it meant everything to her.”
