I was honored to play her."

Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate, died Thursday night at 90, per theNew York Times.

It was this terribly important moment in her life.

Annette Bening in ‘The Report’, Dianne Feinstein

Annette Bening as Dianne Feinstein in ‘The Report’.Everett Collection; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

And she also went to San Francisco State she’s an alumni.

I’d met her at political events like that.

I had that from a personal standpoint.

But it didn’t really bear on how I played her.

I just really tried to adhere to the script.

The narrative is so important the events and the facts stand for themselves.

The important thing was to give a shot to serve that as best I could."

Read Bening’s tribute to Feinstein above.