Morgan Freeman Quotes

"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."
-Morgan Freeman

"Life doesn't offer you promises whatsoever so it's very easy to become, 'Whatever happened to...?' It's great to be wanted. I spent a few years not being wanted and this is better."
-Morgan Freeman

"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."
-Morgan Freeman

"[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."
-Morgan Freeman

"I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on, well, maybe."
-Morgan Freeman in Work 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."
-Morgan Freeman

"Getting a standing ovation was kind of humbling that so many people are so happy that I have been named for this award. A lot of people say you're due - maybe you are, maybe you aren't - it's an accolade."
-Morgan Freeman