Morgan Freeman Quotes on Movies (17 Quotes)

On a double win for black actors It means that Hollywood is continuing to make history. We're evolving with the rest of the world.

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.

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.

I have never acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major.

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

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

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On Clint Eastwood, best director If he hires you, he hires you because he feels like you know what to do. And he's very, very largely out of the way. He directs the picture, you do the acting. I love that, and I think that most of the people that he works with love that.

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

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.

It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it.