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List of Morgan Freeman Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 251 inspiring quotes by Morgan Freeman.

About Morgan Freeman

  • Born: June 1, 1937
  • Occupation: Actor
    • If i wasn't acting, i have no clue what i'd be doing 'cause i have no other talent.
    Acting Causes Talent
    I remember saying to my agent, "listen, everybody's going out to hollywood and making movies. i think i ought to go out there." and his advice to me was, "i wouldn't do that if i were you. if they want you in hollywood, they'll send you." and sure enough, they did.
    Thinking Advice Hollywood
    I've travelled a lot, but i am essentially american. all my input has been american.
    Input Has Beens
    That is a big turn-on for me, a director who knows what he's doing and what he wants, and knows when he's gotten what he wants.
    Directors Want Bigs
    I have four children and nine grandchildren. i'm presently wearing out my second wife.
    Children Wife Four
    Not only do i have to live, right, i have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.
    Movie Thinking People
    Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty
    Ladders Poverty Literacy
    I find that if i hold your hand, it transfers an energy first. i have a sense of how you feel. that's important to me trying to become another person. i have a lot pressure to bring a character to life in any kind of real sense.
    Real Character Hands
    My job, personally, is to do as much as i can to spread the warning that if we're not careful, it will end. the problem is, we don't think beyond our immediate needs.
    Jobs Thinking Needs
    I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in new york in 1967. before that, i was a very desperate wannabe.
    Jobs New York Cards
    I would never complain that hollywood is racist when i'm one of the people touted as a welcome entity there.
    People Hollywood Complaining
    No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation, it's what you do to prepare. so my method is to read the script. some actors' method is to read the script a hundred times and in the doing of it, to immerse themselves in as much of the reality as possible. me, i believe strictly in acting. if i am out of breath, i'm out of breath. i ain't running nowhere.
    Running Believe Reality
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