404 Quotes by Morgan Freeman

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things, so I am drawn to these kinds of characters.

I don't think you're going to get nominated every time you jump out of the box.

No one is really a method actor, everyone has their way of going about it, preparing for it, but method is preparation, it's what you do to prepare. So my method is to read the script. Some actors' method is to read the script a hundred times and in the doing of it, to immerse themselves in as much of the reality as possible. Me, I believe strictly in acting. If I am out of breath, I'm out of breath. I ain't running nowhere.

I'm not sure that my upbringing has in itself informed my acting choices.

What do I want to do? Acting wise? Well, there's a western that I want to do. There's a lot of producing that I want to do, projects that I have stacked up that are in my office that I'd like to get done.

The best way to confront, or deal with, technological innovation is to keep moving technologically.

If you dream you've got to dream that it's going to happen. Remember that. If you dream you have to imagine that it will actually happen.

If you sat down and you wrote a script, you may write something that's way beyond what you've ever seen me do, but if you thought of me to do it, I would be flattered to be asked to do something other than be wise.

I would never complain that Hollywood is racist when I'm one of the people touted as a welcome entity there.