Morgan Freeman movie quotes

“Let me be the first to tell you, drinking alcohol is the worst thing to do in cold weather. Hot soup is the best because the process of digesting food helps to warm you up.”
Morgan Freeman

“Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.”
Morgan Freeman On Martin Luther King

“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.”
Morgan Freeman

“It is our moments of struggle, that define us.”
Morgan Freeman - President Trumbull

“Apathy is the solution. I mean, it's easier to lose yourself in drugs than it is to cope with life. It's easier to steal what you want than it is to earn it. It's easier to beat a child than it is to raise it. Hell, love costs: it takes effort and work.”
Morgan Freeman - Somerset

“- Willie Davis: What's the matter?
- Albert Garner: My face is killing me. I never had to smile so much in my life.”
Morgan Freeman - Willie Davis
Alan Arkin - Albert Garner

“- Jenny Lerner: I want exclusivity.
- President Beck: Now listen, young lady. This is a presidential favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it may seem like we have each other over the same barrel but it just seems that way.”

Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner
Morgan Freeman - President Beck

“- Joe Harding: Jump in the basket.
- Willie Davis: Who do you think i am? E.T?”
Sir Michael Caine - Joe Harding
Morgan Freeman - Willie Davis

“- Joe Matheson: I never thought this would happen to me.
- Frank Moses: What?
- Joe Matheson: Getting old.”
Morgan Freeman - Joe Matheson
Bruce Willis - Frank Moses

“Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“My only child was murdered. She was twelve. Did you hear about it? What you probably didn't hear, and what I hope you never have to deal with, Miss Gennaro, is what that feels like. What I have to deal with. Knowing that my little girl likely died crying out for me to come and save her. And I never did.”
Morgan Freeman - Jack Doyle

“- Brenda Mazibuko: You're risking your political capital, you're risking your future as our leader.
- Nelson Mandela: The day I am afraid to do that is the day I am no longer it to lead.”
Adjoa Andoh - Brenda Mazibuko
Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“Little beat big when little is smart. First with the head, then with the heart.”
Morgan Freeman - Geel Piet

“- Dr. Kate McTiernan: I hear him, whispering.
- Dr. Alex Cross: What does he say?
- Dr. Kate McTiernan: I can feel his mouth on my ear, his breath. He tells me that he loves me.”

Ashley Judd - Dr. Kate McTiernan
Morgan Freeman - Dr. Alex Cross

“Some people say the most important thing a fighter can have is heart. Show me a fighter who was nothing but heart and I'll show you a man waiting for a beating.”
Morgan Freeman - Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

“Rugby is a very rough game, almost as rough as politics.”

Morgan Freeman - Nelson Mandela

“If you think about the very nature of life - I mean, on the very beginning, the development of the first cell divided into two cells - the sole purpose of life has been to pass on what was learned.”
Morgan Freeman - Professor Norman

“If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.”
Morgan Freeman - Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

“If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them...” (continue) (continue reading)
Morgan Freeman - God

“If you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”
Morgan Freeman

“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

“Whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.”
Morgan Freeman

“But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.”
Morgan Freeman

“Let me tell you about being executive producer. It is not a job, it's a title. Don't go around asking executive producers what they do because they don't do anything, alright?”
Morgan Freeman

“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.”
Morgan Freeman