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Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you

Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Effort, Watches

That's your job as the actor, to understand the human part of the character, to make it real.

Morgan Freeman
Jobs, Real, Character
"Actor Morgan Freeman: 'Unleashed'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. May 13, 2005.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that 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
Stars, Character, Differences

I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Actors, Kind
"Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen Talk THE MAGIC OF BELLE ISLE, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, and Turning SIDEWAYS Into a Play". collider.com. July 4, 2012.

Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Order, Acting
"Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face to Face". Book by Don Shewey, www.donshewey.com. 1986.

Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and what color you want, and how it's going to be cut, and stuff like that, and whether or not you're going to wear a hat, and blah, blah, blah. But, when you're wearing a special costume, and of course, costume is probably the second ingredient in character, script being first, I always find that the costume does a lot to cement your character, to put it firmly in mind.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Cutting, Ties
"Morgan Freeman Talks OBLIVION, Working with Tom Cruise, Being Drawn to Sci-Fi and Technology, Shooting a Dual .50 Caliber Machine Gun and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. April 16, 2013.

I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things, so I am drawn to these kinds of characters.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Doctors, Lawyer
"Morgan Freeman - part two". The Gardian Interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2000.

I don't have to do anything. The character is shaped on the page.

Morgan Freeman
Character, Pages
"Morgan Freeman & Gary Oldman—Batman Begins". Interview with Peter Canavese, grouchoreviews.com. May 3, 2005.

I find that if I hold your hand, it transfers an energy first. I have a sense of how you feel. That's important to me trying to become another person. I have a lot pressure to bring a character to life in any kind of real sense.

Morgan Freeman
Real, Character, Hands
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