Morgan Freeman quotes

Morgan Freeman is an acclaimed American actor, director, and narrator, widely recognized for his distinctive deep voice. His versatile career spans numerous significant roles in film and television, earning him many prestigious awards. He has inspired audiences worldwide with his powerful performances and dignified screen presence. Here are 64 of his quotes:

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.

Morgan Freeman

Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.

Morgan Freeman

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

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And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter.

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I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. Why would I be scared of a faggot?

Morgan Freeman

I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.

Morgan Freeman

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.

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But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

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I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.

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I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.

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As you grow in this business, you learn how to do more with less.

Morgan Freeman

I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

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My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

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There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

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Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

Morgan Freeman

To go somewhere and say: 'I have this really terrific movie, but I need some... money.

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We have 7 billion people on this planet. It's not that there's not enough room on this planet for 7 billion people, it's that the energy needs for 7 billion people are 7 billion people's worth of energy needs, as opposed to, say, 2 billion. Imagine how much pollution would be in the air and the oceans if there were only 2 billion people putting it in? So yeah, we're already overpopulated.

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The search for truth is never over and the survival of truth is never assured. We have to choose - do we stand with those who wish to suppress the truth or stand with those who seek it.

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Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.

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I gravitate towards gravitas.

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If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.

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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.

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