Taraji P. Henson had her first interview after getting her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) on CBS "The Early Show" this morning. She seemed so humble in the interview. Hard work does paid off. Check it out...




Taraji on how she got the good news:

Henson says she was asleep when she got the word she'd been nominated. "I was asleep," she says. "I was comatose. ... I have a great group of friends, and they knew that I was gonna to be angst. And they took me out the night before for a fabulous dinner. And then we went out for music and dancing just so I could have a light night and not think about it. And the tactic worked, because I got home. I was wiped out. And I was knocked out."

Then her manager called at 5:30, "and I knew it had to be good news.'Cause what idiot would call me at 5:30 with bad news?!"

Henson says she hadn't even mulled winning. "I couldn't go there yet. I was still dealing with, 'Wow! A dream has come true!' Because that's every actor's dream. When you say, 'I want to be an actor,' everybody thinks about Old Oscar." [CBS News]

UPDATE: Extra caught up with Taraji as well post-Oscar nod.



I liked how she and her friends took the edge off the night before. Congrats to Taraji!

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