From early childhood, my thrust was to get into the movies.

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.

I gravitate towards gravitas.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up a little too much space.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they [said], "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine.