Morgan Freeman Quotes

Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.

I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life.

I've always had an itch for acting and a passion for acting, but never really got to dabble into it too much, and now I can say I'm officially an acrtress.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.

People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one, but I knew pretty early on it was what I wanted to do, and I think that's pretty lucky.

I absolutely adore singing, and I hope I'll always be able to sing, but you can grow more and challenge yourself more as an actor.

I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.

I never, ever wanted to be an actor.

I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.

I like to think of myself as an actress, I think of going through all of the films as my kind of film academy, the way that I've learnt.

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

If I want to do the kind of work that I like to act in, I need to open my mind to it.

I never not wanted to become an actress.

Acting is like an addiction - once you start, you can't stop.

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

The same thing I applied to football, I applied to trying to be an actor and hopefully it came off well.

I've always wanted to be an actor. I didn't get into this game to be the best improviser in the world. I didn't choose improv as a stepping stone, it just happened to become one.

I realized that I was a really, really terrible actor. I was like, "I'd better be myself."

I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor.

It's a good time for me to pursue acting, I suppose since I'm enjoying having another medium in which to express myself. I've been getting a great response to my work.

My Mother's an actress, and she's always told me, "Boy, you're an actor." I would look forward to seeing if I'm any good. I want to be good at it, that's the only thing.

If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.

I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.