Angela Bassettdid the thing, and she is being rewarded for it.

Despite Bassett’s decades-long career across film and television, it is only her secondOscar nomination.

“Of course, in the moment you’re hoping and praying and wishing,” Bassett said.

WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Angela Bassett as Tina Turner in ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’.Everett Collection

“But I never walk away thinking, ‘I’ve been robbed.'”

I choose to believe there was a reason why it didn’t happen."

This time it might be different.

Watch her full interview above.

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