Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby, and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemptionand Invictus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Seven, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 June 1937
CityMemphis, TN
CountryUnited States of America
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.
It [love about acting] is all about role playing - the same thing you do when you're a kid, when you play with dolls or toys and make up stories. I never grew out of it.
Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.
Writing I think, out of what all of us do, writing is the hardest. You're the only who start with nothing except what's up here. You do that. It's really hard I think, acting is not.
And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.
I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive.
As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.
I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.
I'm not one who can write out a speech and remember all the names of the people that you need to thank because you need to thank all of those people.
I seldom get into the mood of the story. It's acting. I go in, I act, I quit. I don't take anything away from it.