If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike. Morgan Freeman More Quotes by Morgan Freeman More Quotes From Morgan Freeman I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff. Morgan Freeman funny-stuffcomedianstuff Even through my good-looking youth, I wasn't called on for any romantic parts, which is okay. What I was called on to do, I enjoyed doing. The funny thing about life is that if you live long enough, I think, you'll get every wish you ever had. It'll all come true. Morgan Freeman funny-thingslongthinking I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage. Morgan Freeman actorskindcharacter If you get called on to help somebody pull focus to some good cause, that's good use of your fame. I don't try to avoid that. Morgan Freeman focuscausestrying There's an exercise we do where someone is sat behind you and you're asked to close your eyes and fall backwards. That's acting. Morgan Freeman eyeexercisefall I'm always trying new things and learning new things. If there isn't anything more you can learn - go off and die. Morgan Freeman trying-new-thingslearning-new-thingsalways-trying Stage is really hard work. You've got to do it every night. Not like doing it once and walking away. Morgan Freeman walking-awayhard-worknight I can remember when I first got to los Angeles . I didn't have a car, I didn't have any money. I was walking the streets, you know, trying to get from place to place on foot almost. Sometimes, you know, you say, how am I ever going to get from here to there? There are a lot of people still having that dream and not being able to get there. So you never know. The idea is to keep on tap dancing, though. Morgan Freeman feetdreamideas I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American. Morgan Freeman has-beensinput I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed. Morgan Freeman passionjobsthinking You do a movie. However long it lasts, it begins and it ends in a relatively short period of time. In a given period of time, let's say a year, you can have three, four, or five different experiences which is exciting. Morgan Freeman different-experienceslongyears I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe. Morgan Freeman new-yorkjobscards 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. Morgan Freeman would-bewisewriting Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and what color you want, and how it's going to be cut, and stuff like that, and whether or not you're going to wear a hat, and blah, blah, blah. But, when you're wearing a special costume, and of course, costume is probably the second ingredient in character, script being first, I always find that the costume does a lot to cement your character, to put it firmly in mind. Morgan Freeman cuttingtiescharacter People don't want to hang around someone that you don't know how they're going to react to anything you do or say. Morgan Freeman know-howwantpeople I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with. Morgan Freeman careersplaypeople I believe in helping the planet survive, and that includes reaching out to help some of the disappearing creatures whose habitats we're destroying. It's up to us to somehow reverse that trend. I don't know how we'll achieve it, but we need to. Morgan Freeman habitatbelieveneeds Which lady would I like to meet? Um, I don't know that there's anybody left that I didn't meet. But the one that I really wanted to meet died and that was Princess Diana. I really wanted to get to know her. I like her. Morgan Freeman dianalike-herprincess Writing I think, out of what all of us do, writing is the hardest. You're the only who start with nothing except what's up here. You do that. It's really hard I think, acting is not. Morgan Freeman actingwritingthinking I don't do cold. My reaction to cold is drastic. I'm a southern boy. Morgan Freeman coldsouthernboys
