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"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."
"I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin."
"All you have to do is believe, then you will see everything."
"There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume."
"I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it."
"I know people are saying they like you. I'm not being insulted or pushed around or anything. People are coming up because they like me. Nevertheless, I can't be everybody's...none of us can. I hate saying no to people."
"When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater."
"As the mask of deception falls off the face of humanity Unveiling the grim reality of duality In which everyone is a casualty, no one will be exempt Truth has many shades It's not a matter of black and white, but gray Although many, we are one, so in the final analysis Could it be that we are fighting a war that can't be won?"
"It [love about acting] is all about role playing - the same thing you do when you're a kid, when you play with dolls or toys and make up stories. I never grew out of it."
"Audiences believe what you believe. It's a matter of believing yourself. If I believe me, then you've got no choice. None at all."
"Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin."
"If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much."
"These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized."
"Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them."
"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."
"I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. He's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. The things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and I think - this is Morgan Freeman's personal thought - we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me."
"One day very soon, we'll be asked: what did we do. And we will say: we did everything we could... we have to... because if we don't there won't be anyone left to ask. We have never faced a crisis this big, that we have never had better ideas to solve. This is our only home. We can choose today to make a world of difference."
"I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter."
"I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory."
"I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded."