Name: Angela Bassett on Playing Dorothea Williams in Pixar's Soul | Disney+ Draw Me A Story | Episode 2
Uploaded: 2021-03-08T18:37:14.000Z
Duration: 2 min 49 s
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you have your smoothie, you say bye to your kids

Well, you know, I grew up as a young kid enjoying soul music.

I remember the long console stereo that my mom had,

and she had lots of albums and would love to play

The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Soul Brother--

you know the pick, the Afro, the pick in the back of the Afro

Years later, moving to L.A. and going to the jazz clubs there,

seeing Betty Carter on stage, and she's not only

performing and singing, giving us this great gift that she has

to share, but also as she's mentoring and teaching

and bringing up these young musicians in her band.

could hear strains of a nursery rhyme, of some classical music,

So it's like, hmm, "Soul," animated movie?

meeting Pete and Kemp for the first time,

They show me a picture of my character, Dorothea.

Oh my gosh, Mom, all those guitar lessons

well, those five guitar lessons because we weren't

able to afford it-- but look how far those five lessons took me.

I've gone on to saxophone, I have my own quartet.

I hope that people come away from "Soul" knowing that they

are unique and precious and wonderful individuals,

and their particular brand of "Soul," the world needs.

I hope that they find their spark in life,

If you're lucky enough to find it early, great,

but if you find it and then you put it on the shelf,

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Angela Bassett on Playing Dorothea Williams in Pixar's Soul | Disney+ Draw Me A Story | Episode 2

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