Morgan Freeman Quotes

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

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.

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

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

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

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

All you have to do is believe, then you will see everything.

I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

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.

If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much.

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.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin.

I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

Let me tell you what justice is. Justice is the law. And that man's feeble attempt to lay down the principles of deceny.

I'm a firm believer that things happen as they should. The universe unfolds just as it's supposed to.

I think the best thing somebody ever did to me was my mother opening her legs and squirting me out.

I was raised in Mississippi, so heat and humidity is my bread and butter. It keeps me going. I can't stand cold weather.

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.

In my home, who is my boss? If you ask my wife she'll say certainly not her. She claims that she can't make me do anything and so she's not my boss. I am. I'm pretty sure, maybe.

Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?

The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

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.

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

People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

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.

The odds are lousy that I actually said something attributed to me.

Nelson Mandela was a man of incomparable honor, unconquerable strength, and unyielding resolve---a saint to many, a hero to all who treasure liberty, freedom and the dignity of humankind.

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.

It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

What I haven't talked about I don't intend to talk about.

Acting means living, it's all I do.

Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

Marketing only really works with word of mouth.

I like the blues a lot. I grew up on it.

I'm also very fond of a light business jet, so I'd like to get it before it's too late.

In growing up, I was a child of the movies. I went to the movies every given opportunity, and that's pretty much what has informed a lot of my choices.

In my career? Me. I'm the boss. I'm the end all and be all. I'm the alpha and omega in that.

You don't know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don't have it.

All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.

If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind.

You want to retire from a job you're not that all enamoured with. I love what I do. I want to keep doing it till I can't get out of bed doing it.