Mary J. Blige had quite the eventful morning!
Needless to say, she did not expect this kind of success from the Netflix film.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Congratulations on both of your nominations.
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How are you feeling?MARY J. BLIGE:Oh my god, it feels amazing!
I cant stop thanking God.
I cant stop praising God.
I cant stop being happy.
Im just so grateful too grateful.
Its a beautiful thing.
Where were you when you found out about your nominations?I was in bed.
Im in L.A., so its early still.
She excitedly told me everything, and I just woke up screaming and thanking God.
These black people were free, and everyone learned how to love each other.
Everyone learned that they were exactly the same and that we had to figure a way out of this.
So, the script was beautiful and powerful.
Did I see all of this coming?
No, I had no idea.
Ive been a fan of Dees since day one, sincePariahandBessie.
Im an even bigger fan now because shes just such a beautiful woman, a beautiful person.
I was like, Wow, this is a huge role.
I had nothing to lose, and I definitely wasnt going through the best of times in my life.
She didnt want anyone to see me at all, and I was fine with it.
Ive been around for a while, so its hard to kind of get rid of me from me.
Once I did it, Florence really liberated me.
She helped me a lot.
The make-up is very minimal, like sunburned make-up.
Im grateful, because thats the goal of being an actor just disappearing.
You usually dont hear actors talk about working with acting coaches for tough roles.
Every role I get, I want to nail, I want to be a success at it.
You were also nominated for writing Mighty River for the movie.
You just see every lyric.
Its like, Come on, enough of this already!
White flag in hand, I dont want to do this.
Im tired of doing this.
Arent you tired of doing this?
So, it was beautiful.
Just work with him again means a lot.
At what point in the process did you write the song?
Was it after you saw the completed film for the first time?It was after everything was done.
Then I was like, Okay, I gotta write a song for this!
Finally, whats next for you?
Theres definitely more singing.
Of course Im not going to stop doing that because thats my love, thats how I heal.
