12 Inspirational Quotes by Morgan Freeman
“Sometimes things always look darkest just before the dawn.” ~ Morgan Freeman
(Arranged by Carmichael Phillips)
“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.”
“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”
“The only advice I have for any actor is, keep acting. Just keep working. And keep your mind on what you want. It’s bound to happen if you keep working.”
“The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we’ll do it for nothing. That’s a basic fact – you gotta do it.”
“Don’t give up. Do not give up! Sometimes things always look darkest just before the dawn.”
“I said to myself at one point, ‘Ok. I’m gonna do it or die. That’s it. I’ll starve to death, if necessary, but I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna stick with this job. And that’s my advice.”
“I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don’t believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.”
“Was I always going to be here? No, I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what’s going to happen.”
“Once you’ve gotten the job, there’s nothing to it. If you’re an actor, you’re an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.”
“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.”
“One of the things you can always depend on – this is one of the truths of the universe, and you heard it first from here – whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.”
“Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn’t appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can’t see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.”
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