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Morgan Freeman Biography

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Invictus (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.

Charleston, Firsts, Hospital, Memphis, Parent, Remember

I have to deal with being famous. Sometimes I have to tell people I don't do autographs, thank you very much. At certain places, I refuse to have my photograph taken.

Deal, People, Photograph, Refuse, Sometimes, Taken

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.

Laughter, Pain, Remember, Theatre, Truthfully

We humans are more concerned with having than with being.

Concerned, Having, Humans, Lucy

Somebody once said to me after I'd done "Deep Impact," "What is it like to play a Black president," and I said, "I didn't play a Black president. I played a president. I just happened to be Black. There's a difference.

Black, Differences, Happened, Impact, Play

If we don't save the oceans, if we don't do something about what we're doing to the oceans, as well as the planet at large, we're going to be really sorry.

Ocean, Oceans, Planets, Save, Sorry

You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it.

Credit, Take, Talent, Using

Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and what color you want, and how it's going to be cut, and stuff like that, and whether or not you're going to wear a hat, and blah, blah, blah. But, when you're wearing a special costume, and of course, costume is probably the second ingredient in character, script being first, I always find that the costume does a lot to cement your character, to put it firmly in mind.

Blah, Character, Cut, Cutting, Ties, Wear

You know, the ancient Egyptians had a beautiful belief about death. When their souls got to the entrance to heaven, the guards asked two questions. Their answers determined whether they were able to enter or not. 'Have you found joy in your life?' 'Has your life brought joy to others?'

Answers, Beautiful, Death, Egyptians, Entrance, Two

Playing is no challenge; every time that you get a role you get to go play with other people in the sandbox and so there is no challenge, real challenge. The challenge, the major challenge is getting the work, finding the sandbox.

Challenge, Finding, People, Play, Real, Time

Working on stage is really a great voice developer.

Developer, Great Voice, Stage, Voice, Working

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Busy, Dyin, Greatest Movie, Livin, Redemption

I'm married, I've been married to the same woman for - well, I've been with the same woman for close to. . . long enough to fool around.

Close, Enough, Fool, Long, Married

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

Wise, Men, Perfect, Heard, Man, Intentions

The better the actor, usually the safer you feel working with.

Actor, Actors, Feels, Safer, Usually, Working

Look at, look, the Tea Partiers, who are controlling the Republican Party. . . . Their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What's, what does that, what underlines that? 'Screw the country. We're going to whatever we do to get this black man, we can, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here. . . It is a racist thing.

Country, Men, Party, Racist, Screw

Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort.

Effort, Discouragement, Symptoms, Discomfort, Merely

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.

Boxing, Movie, People, Say, Think, Thinking

Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

Ladder, Ladders, Literacy, Poverty

If your income on films or whatever you're producing using film drops below a certain level, then you don't have enough money to stay in business. People like to say that this is all just about making money, but if you don't make money, you don't make anything.

Income, Levels, People, Stay, Using

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