Morgan Freeman Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”