Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman is an American actor and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby, and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemptionand Invictus. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Seven, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 June 1937
CityMemphis, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I know people are saying they like you. I'm not being insulted or pushed around or anything. People are coming up because they like me. Nevertheless, I can't be everybody's....none of us can. I hate saying no to people.
I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.
The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.
Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.
In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way.
You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you.
Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.
I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.
First thing that always pops into my head regarding our president is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him … they just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white — very white American, Kansas, middle of America. There was no argument about who he is or what he is. America’s first black president hasn’t arisen yet. He’s not America’s first black president — he’s America’s first mixed-race president.
That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor.
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.
Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of