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.

Everybody works the same, but the preparation very often may be different. You cannot work differently. You have to say the words that were written on the page, and you have to make your marks. That's the work.

My job, personally, is to do as much as I can to spread the warning that if we're not careful, it will end. The problem is, we don't think beyond our immediate needs.

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.