Morgan Freeman Quotes
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Marketing only really works with word of mouth.
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Don't be afraid of what you want. This is your time. The barriers are down.
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I was always ambitious. I always wanted to be more than I was....I always wanted to be a movie actor.
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I always knew that someone was going to come at me with a script to play God. It's just one of those things, the way your career is unfolding and all the talk about gravitas etc etc, so I had a strong feeling that someone was going to offer me the part of God. I was totally prepared to say, 'Thanks but no thanks,' unless it was a comedy.
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Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.
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If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike.
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Race seems to me to be less and less a subject worth discussing.
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The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.
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Which lady would I like to meet? Um, I don't know that there's anybody left that I didn't meet. But the one that I really wanted to meet died and that was Princess Diana. I really wanted to get to know her. I like her.
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Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.
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I think the best thing somebody ever did to me was my mother opening her legs and squirting me out.
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Audiences believe what you believe. It's a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you've got no choice. None at all.
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Nobody is trying to save energy. We're trying to shift our use of fuel. Forget saving energy; if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts.
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I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.
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I had gone to school to work on technique and found it wasn't something that was really worthwhile to me, although it probably was.
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You can make anything into a play for the simple reason that the human mind is one of the best writers in the business. So, if you've got a writer who's clever enough to give you enough clues, you will fill out every blank spot in a play, every single one.
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Every job's a challenge. The challenge is to do it and make it look right, like you belong there - wherever that is.
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I never think about awards or anything like that when I do a job. I was first named a best actor when I was 12 years old and it doesn't really mean anything when you get down to it, because there is no best. I don't get all that involved. My chest puffs up as much as I can puff it up but I am not trying to be better than the person I am acting with. I am trying to be at least as good. That's how it works.
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People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.
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Everybody works the same, but the preparation very often may be different. You cannot work differently. You have to say the words that were written on the page, and you have to make your marks. That's the work.
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I really wanted to work with Luc Besson. I'm a big fan of his. Did you ever see 'The Professional.' It was very violent. But a fabulous story, a fabulous movie, very well done. So that and two or three other projects of his that I've seen, I just thought if I had a shot to work with him I wanted to do it.
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A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they said, "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine.
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That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.
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I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.