Morgan Herbert Freeman

Morgan Herbert Freeman

Morgan Herbert Freeman.  I know him as one of my favorite actors of all time.  Taking a look at interviews of Morgan gave me exact details about him that come directly from him.  I took notice that he didn't in fact have an amazing childhood.  Morgan talked about his past, present, and what his days are like now.  From his interview of 30 minutes I took notes from it, and will share them with you.
Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 which makes him 77 years old.  Freeman was born in Memphis Tennessee to his father Morgan and his mother Mayme Edna.  In his family Morgan has three brothers, but now he is down to two brother because on had passed.  Morgan also has a sister.  Morgan was mostly raised by his grandparents while his parents were moving up North into the industrial part.  Then his grandmother had passed when he was at the age of six.  As Morgan put it after his grandmother had passed his "Biological" came and collected his sister and him and took them up to Chicago.  In Chicago for the first time he had met his mother, and this happened at the age of six for him; Morgan then moved in with his maternal grandmother in Greenwood.

Morgan in his younger days

Most actors and actresses say that the day they decided to become an actor was like a light switch for them.  For Morgan this was true.  He said his spark for becoming an actor began at the age of Eight.  It all started when his third grade teacher, Mrs. Love, put Morgan in a play.  Morgan played as Little Boy Blue.  Now, since we talked about his younger life we can get into his older life.  Five days after Morgan had graduated high school he was inducted into the Air Force.  As Morgan spent a few years in the Air Force he came back and found himself in California.
California you say?  Well if you're in California you can get to Hollywood, as Morgan put it.  Morgan was saying how he nearly had starved to death while he was getting on his feet in Hollywood

.  When he got on his feet he found a job as a transcript clerk as L.A. City College.  At L.A. City College someone(Morgan does not give a name) asks him what he was planning on doing with his life.  Morgan replies that he wanted to become an actor, and that he was looking into getting into a good acting school; "We have one of the best acting schools around, and since you work here you get them for free!"  No one could turn down something like that so Morgan replied, "Say no more."  In the end Morgan flunked acting; Morgan puts it as he was nto a very good acting student.
I could go on and on about Morgan and put even more about his life and goals he achieved.  At age 77 I still see him as a hard rock that is still going hard.  In 1987 Morgan received his first academy award nomination in Street Smart.  One of Morgans more recent movies include Dolphin Tale 2 (he played in the first as well), and Transcendence.  Personally I loved Morgans acting in The Bucket List.  I am literally in LOVE with Morgan Freeman, and if you have any movies where you loved his roles tell me in the comments!