Morgan Freeman: Never give up the ganja.

I like working with directors because I'm really opinionated about what things work and may not work, what audiences like and may not like, (not really) but I do have opinions about things. I like to be able to say them and then have them acted on. The director who responds to me like that, always gets my appreciation. I do appreciate it. What I find is the best directors, no matter what kind of name they have, are like that.

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appreciate names appreciation

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.

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doctors lawyer character

The bigger point here is that golf is a good metaphor for one's life. The challenge of golf for me is trying to learn new rules. It's something you always have to work at; you don't get perfect at golf. It's the never-ending quest for betterment.

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challenges perfect golf

People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.

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movie people thinking

I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife.

Morgan Freeman

four wife children

I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.

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i-can long

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

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born roles pressure

Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy.

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play giving interesting

I understand that when Gary Oldman was in that suit [Batman], sweat would just drip off of him where they had to have holes in the gloves or something.

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gloves sweat suits

"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.

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mean hands moving

I don't have to do anything. The character is shaped on the page.

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pages character

Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere.

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troupe acting mean

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.

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ocean real believe

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

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i-realized growing-up safe

My roots were pretty far removed from high income. It's interesting to be back there at the level of income I have now, at this stage in my life.

Morgan Freeman

income roots interesting

I avoid seeing myself while I'm working on role so I won't see "me."

Morgan Freeman

seeing roles

I was told that I was good in my dance movement classes and that I should concentrate on dance because it would enhance my ability to get acting work.

Morgan Freeman

movement acting class

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.

Morgan Freeman

awards people thinking

You're not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you're a mimic, then you're not acting, you're just mimicking. You can't go on being John Wayne, that's John Wayne. So you're not going to steal from John Wayne. I'm not going to steal from John Wayne and you're not going to come back and say 'Didn't you get that from the circus?' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.

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trying people thinking

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign language.

Morgan Freeman

basketball baseball soccer