The three things I said when I came out of school were I want to work consistently, I want to do good work and I want to be paid fairly, and that's happened. But I didn't become an actress for the money. I do it for other reasons.

After her parents' separation Angela Bassett relocated from Winston Salem North Carolina to St. Bassett soon looked for acting work in the New York theater. com reported that Bassett would have a role in One Police Plaza.

Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16 1958) is an American actress.