Teyana Taylor: I knew I wanted to change the world
One Battle After Another star Teyana Taylor cherishes her status as a Golden Globe nominee.
Teyana Taylor has always dreamed of achieving "great things".
The 35-year-old star has always had lofty career ambitions - but she was shocked to earn a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in One Battle After Another, the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed action film.
Teyana told Extra: "I knew I wanted to change the world somehow. I knew I wanted to do great things, but never would I ever would have thought that I’d be, like, sitting here nominated."
The actress admits that it's "kind of cute" to be called a Golden Globe nominee.
Teyana also recalled watching the nominations coming in live.
She shared: "It’s crazy cause the night before, I had got my feet and nails done and I was falling asleep on my couch and I remember, like, you know, 'I’m going to sleep through it. Maybe they just shake me, you know, if I got nominated…’ Out of all times, my body just wakes up."
Teyana actually got a call from her team while she was watching a delayed version of the Golden Globe nominations.
She recalled: "I said, ‘Wait, what?’ It was so cute how it happened and how I found out."
Meanwhile, Teyana previously confessed to being a "sponge" around her A-list co-stars.
The actress starred alongside the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Regina Hall in One Battle After Another, and Tayana admitted that she consciously tried to learn from her co-stars.
She told The Hollywood Reporter: "Imagine having these legends for teachers.
"You think I’m about to fall asleep in class? No. I’m going to open that notebook, pen to pad. I’m here to be a sponge. Even when I’m teaching, I’m a student. And I’m a straight-A student."
Paul Thomas Anderson relished the experience of working with Teyana, too, describing the actress as a "special" talent.
The acclaimed filmmaker explained: "When we did our costume fittings and camera tests, a type of metamorphosis happened. It’s the dancer energy that she brings.
"When the costume comes on and the situation is authentic, she really lights up and starts to go. Early on, we shot her running at full speed at sundown. I think it’s when the crew realised we were working with someone special who was going to thrill us."
