got on the elevator in LA one day and the lady said oh I just saw you in the
the lady said oh I just saw you in the
the lady said oh I just saw you in the hudsucker reduction I had a long haul
hudsucker reduction I had a long haul
hudsucker reduction I had a long haul from where I came from to here but here
from where I came from to here but here
from where I came from to here but here we are your job as an actress to give it
we are your job as an actress to give it
we are your job as an actress to give it your best shot each every time so that
your best shot each every time so that
your best shot each every time so that was a period there in the early 80s when
was a period there in the early 80s when
was a period there in the early 80s when I didn’t get any work because I would
I didn’t get any work because I would
I didn’t get any work because I would ask these questions he’s an American
ask these questions he’s an American
ask these questions he’s an American actor producer and narrator he is known
actor producer and narrator he is known
actor producer and narrator he is known for his distinctive ly smooth and deep
for his distinctive ly smooth and deep
for his distinctive ly smooth and deep voice he’s ranked as the third highest
voice he’s ranked as the third highest
voice he’s ranked as the third highest box-office star with over 4.3 billion
box-office star with over 4.3 billion
box-office star with over 4.3 billion dollars in box office gross he’s Morgan
dollars in box office gross he’s Morgan
dollars in box office gross he’s Morgan Freeman and here is my take on his top
Freeman and here is my take on his top
Freeman and here is my take on his top ten rules for success to collect
ten rules for success to collect
ten rules for success to collect unemployment you have to go out and hunt
unemployment you have to go out and hunt
unemployment you have to go out and hunt for employment they give you have a code
for employment they give you have a code
for employment they give you have a code and mine was as a clerk typist so you go
and mine was as a clerk typist so you go
and mine was as a clerk typist so you go out you look for work as a clerk typist
out you look for work as a clerk typist
out you look for work as a clerk typist in one day I just I can’t keep being
in one day I just I can’t keep being
in one day I just I can’t keep being forced to be a clerk typist so I went to
forced to be a clerk typist so I went to
forced to be a clerk typist so I went to the employment office and I asked to see
the employment office and I asked to see
the employment office and I asked to see the supervisor and I was led into this
the supervisor and I was led into this
the supervisor and I was led into this office miss pretty little native redhead
office miss pretty little native redhead
office miss pretty little native redhead whose name was mrs. Lipton what can I do
whose name was mrs. Lipton what can I do
whose name was mrs. Lipton what can I do for you and I said you’re forcing me to
for you and I said you’re forcing me to
for you and I said you’re forcing me to be something I’m not
be something I’m not
be something I’m not I have to go out and look for work as a
I have to go out and look for work as a
I have to go out and look for work as a clerk typist I’m not a clerk typist I’m
clerk typist I’m not a clerk typist I’m
clerk typist I’m not a clerk typist I’m an actor so I just can’t keep doing it
an actor so I just can’t keep doing it
an actor so I just can’t keep doing it this way it took this thing and stamped
this way it took this thing and stamped
this way it took this thing and stamped my employment book said you get six
my employment book said you get six
my employment book said you get six months go be an actor
months go be an actor
months go be an actor [Music]
[Music]
[Music] so if mrs. Lipton is alive today mrs.
so if mrs. Lipton is alive today mrs.
so if mrs. Lipton is alive today mrs. Lipton I’m an actor the box-office
Lipton I’m an actor the box-office
Lipton I’m an actor the box-office success when the Shawshank Redemption
success when the Shawshank Redemption
success when the Shawshank Redemption came out with Dumb and Dumber which
came out with Dumb and Dumber which
came out with Dumb and Dumber which snuck my love
snuck my love
snuck my love well no but that you know just the
well no but that you know just the
well no but that you know just the juxtaposition of box office and and
juxtaposition of box office and and
juxtaposition of box office and and what’s that other term critical
what’s that other term critical
what’s that other term critical Shawshank got really good reviews but
Shawshank got really good reviews but
Shawshank got really good reviews but because nobody could say Shawshank
because nobody could say Shawshank
because nobody could say Shawshank Redemption
Redemption
Redemption it didn’t get word-of-mouth and I don’t
it didn’t get word-of-mouth and I don’t
it didn’t get word-of-mouth and I don’t care how much you promote a film if you
care how much you promote a film if you
care how much you promote a film if you don’t have word-of-mouth emai promoting
don’t have word-of-mouth emai promoting
don’t have word-of-mouth emai promoting it people have to be able now if we go
it people have to be able now if we go
it people have to be able now if we go and say listen I saw this really
and say listen I saw this really
and say listen I saw this really terrific film it was called shank Sam
Shimshon got on the elevator in LA
Shimshon got on the elevator in LA one day and later said oh I just saw you
one day and later said oh I just saw you
one day and later said oh I just saw you in the hudsucker reduction
so that was the reason it was not a
so that was the reason it was not a box-office success no word of mouth at
box-office success no word of mouth at
box-office success no word of mouth at all here’s a stat from from your show
all here’s a stat from from your show
all here’s a stat from from your show and it’s just the richest 85 people on
and it’s just the richest 85 people on
and it’s just the richest 85 people on this planet have as much money as the
this planet have as much money as the
this planet have as much money as the poorest 3.5 billion yeah right at on the
poorest 3.5 billion yeah right at on the
poorest 3.5 billion yeah right at on the planet however no sex it’s not far off –
planet however no sex it’s not far off –
planet however no sex it’s not far off – in America no it isn’t far off in
in America no it isn’t far off in
in America no it isn’t far off in America but we still didn’t we still
America but we still didn’t we still
America but we still didn’t we still here don’t abandon the idea that it
here don’t abandon the idea that it
here don’t abandon the idea that it isn’t finite it isn’t finite if you were
isn’t finite it isn’t finite if you were
isn’t finite it isn’t finite if you were born where were you born me yeah Baton
born where were you born me yeah Baton
born where were you born me yeah Baton Rouge Louisiana batteries General
Rouge Louisiana batteries General
Rouge Louisiana batteries General Hospital there you go Louisiana I was
Hospital there you go Louisiana I was
Hospital there you go Louisiana I was born in Memphis Tennessee
I had a long haul from where I came from
I had a long haul from where I came from to here but here we are right so proof
to here but here we are right so proof
to here but here we are right so proof is in the proof of the pudding is in
is in the proof of the pudding is in
is in the proof of the pudding is in eating and here we sit at the dining
eating and here we sit at the dining
eating and here we sit at the dining table but it’s hard to when you say that
table but it’s hard to when you say that
table but it’s hard to when you say that to some people because they say oh there
to some people because they say oh there
to some people because they say oh there you go with a pull yourself up by the
you go with a pull yourself up by the
you go with a pull yourself up by the bootstraps thing and you know you’re
bootstraps thing and you know you’re
bootstraps thing and you know you’re just being respectable not everybody can
just being respectable not everybody can
just being respectable not everybody can do that
do that
do that look everybody can everybod it doesn’t
look everybody can everybod it doesn’t
look everybody can everybod it doesn’t courage courage is the key to life
courage courage is the key to life
courage courage is the key to life itself a lot of people who are born in
itself a lot of people who are born in
itself a lot of people who are born in situation of a survive just I’ll never
situation of a survive just I’ll never
situation of a survive just I’ll never get out of this so they won’t I say to
get out of this so they won’t I say to
get out of this so they won’t I say to people say well I would like to have
people say well I would like to have
people say well I would like to have done so and so and so so you could have
done so and so and so so you could have
done so and so and so so you could have done it so but I couldn’t get out of
done it so but I couldn’t get out of
done it so but I couldn’t get out of here man the bus runs every day you’re
here man the bus runs every day you’re
here man the bus runs every day you’re exactly right now you exist if they’re
exactly right now you exist if they’re
exactly right now you exist if they’re if they’re if you can conceive it in
if they’re if you can conceive it in
if they’re if you can conceive it in your mind if you can think of it you can
your mind if you can think of it you can
your mind if you can think of it you can do that’s a human condition if we can
do that’s a human condition if we can
do that’s a human condition if we can imagine if we can do it right and I
imagine if we can do it right and I
imagine if we can do it right and I think that the condition of each
think that the condition of each
think that the condition of each individually human your job as an
individually human your job as an
individually human your job as an actress to give it your best shot
actress to give it your best shot
actress to give it your best shot each every time so yes I’m going into it
each every time so yes I’m going into it
each every time so yes I’m going into it with the idea that I’ll play it to the
with the idea that I’ll play it to the
with the idea that I’ll play it to the best of
best of
best of my ability and they wouldn’t give it to
my ability and they wouldn’t give it to
my ability and they wouldn’t give it to me the road they didn’t think I was
me the road they didn’t think I was
me the road they didn’t think I was capable of pulling it off oh I wouldn’t
capable of pulling it off oh I wouldn’t
capable of pulling it off oh I wouldn’t take it if I didn’t think I was capable
take it if I didn’t think I was capable
take it if I didn’t think I was capable of pulling it off so what advice would
of pulling it off so what advice would
of pulling it off so what advice would you give purely in an acting sense to
you give purely in an acting sense to
you give purely in an acting sense to yourself 30 40 years ago same advice I
yourself 30 40 years ago same advice I
yourself 30 40 years ago same advice I gave myself 30 40 years old
gave myself 30 40 years old
gave myself 30 40 years old go get a job
Act there are unfortunately those of us
Act there are unfortunately those of us who say well I’m going to be a star
that’s way out there in the ether
that’s way out there in the ether somewhere I won’t be a working actor you
somewhere I won’t be a working actor you
somewhere I won’t be a working actor you can pull that off so act work work I
can pull that off so act work work I
can pull that off so act work work I someone asked me once and you’re about
someone asked me once and you’re about
someone asked me once and you’re about to do it what would you do if you
to do it what would you do if you
to do it what would you do if you weren’t an act if you didn’t make it as
weren’t an act if you didn’t make it as
weren’t an act if you didn’t make it as an actor what would you do I have no
an actor what would you do I have no
an actor what would you do I have no idea I would act somewhere maybe I’d be
idea I would act somewhere maybe I’d be
idea I would act somewhere maybe I’d be driving a cab maybe I’m working
driving a cab maybe I’m working
driving a cab maybe I’m working somebody’s yard whatever I’m doing I’m
somebody’s yard whatever I’m doing I’m
somebody’s yard whatever I’m doing I’m going to belong to somebody’s little
going to belong to somebody’s little
going to belong to somebody’s little theater group
theater group
theater group I will act because I’ll die if I don’t I
I will act because I’ll die if I don’t I
I will act because I’ll die if I don’t I got into the air force because I was it
got into the air force because I was it
got into the air force because I was it as it turns out I was romanticizing that
as it turns out I was romanticizing that
as it turns out I was romanticizing that whole idea you know we were refighting
whole idea you know we were refighting
whole idea you know we were refighting World War two as I was growing up so we
World War two as I was growing up so we
World War two as I was growing up so we had all these heroic movies and I fell
had all these heroic movies and I fell
had all these heroic movies and I fell in love with the idea of flying and then
in love with the idea of flying and then
in love with the idea of flying and then when I got into the Air Force
when I got into the Air Force
when I got into the Air Force I had just big eye-opener that racism
I had just big eye-opener that racism
I had just big eye-opener that racism was rampant there also and that I didn’t
was rampant there also and that I didn’t
was rampant there also and that I didn’t I not qualified or suited is better word
I not qualified or suited is better word
I not qualified or suited is better word for a military life that kind of
unquestioning obedience to a lot of
unquestioning obedience to a lot of things that I think of stupid didn’t
things that I think of stupid didn’t
things that I think of stupid didn’t quite go over well yeah yeah so when I
quite go over well yeah yeah so when I
quite go over well yeah yeah so when I got out I was I was an early discharge
got out I was I was an early discharge
got out I was I was an early discharge it was almost dishonorable
it was almost dishonorable
it was almost dishonorable you know because I just really didn’t
you know because I just really didn’t
you know because I just really didn’t fit but the catalyst actually was I did
fit but the catalyst actually was I did
fit but the catalyst actually was I did get to sit in a jet trainer because I
get to sit in a jet trainer because I
get to sit in a jet trainer because I had a lot of people behind me to get me
had a lot of people behind me to get me
had a lot of people behind me to get me into flight school and stuff but sitting
into flight school and stuff but sitting
into flight school and stuff but sitting there it occurred to me that this is
there it occurred to me that this is
there it occurred to me that this is absolutely not what I want it’s it isn’t
absolutely not what I want it’s it isn’t
absolutely not what I want it’s it isn’t movies it’s for real these no no this
movies it’s for real these no no this
movies it’s for real these no no this little red button on a joystick controls
little red button on a joystick controls
little red button on a joystick controls guns with real bullets and I’m sick I
guns with real bullets and I’m sick I
guns with real bullets and I’m sick I said that for quite a while and knew
said that for quite a while and knew
said that for quite a while and knew that if I made a strafing run and needed
that if I made a strafing run and needed
that if I made a strafing run and needed a camera here and I needed the people to
a camera here and I needed the people to
a camera here and I needed the people to be able to get up and go back to number
be able to get up and go back to number
be able to get up and go back to number one so I got out of that plane on the
one so I got out of that plane on the
one so I got out of that plane on the runway at North Island Air Station a
runway at North Island Air Station a
runway at North Island Air Station a Naval Air Station and I walked away from
Naval Air Station and I walked away from
Naval Air Station and I walked away from that and towards acting I knew that it
that and towards acting I knew that it
that and towards acting I knew that it was all about the movies it was all
was all about the movies it was all
was all about the movies it was all about the movies I got on stage the very
about the movies I got on stage the very
about the movies I got on stage the very first time when I was eight years old I
first time when I was eight years old I
first time when I was eight years old I was brilliant
was brilliant
was brilliant then I got on stage again four years
then I got on stage again four years
then I got on stage again four years later when I was 12
later when I was 12
later when I was 12 brilliant again so by the time I was 13
brilliant again so by the time I was 13
brilliant again so by the time I was 13 it was pretty much a foregone conclusion
it was pretty much a foregone conclusion
it was pretty much a foregone conclusion and everybody else’s mine teachers
and everybody else’s mine teachers
and everybody else’s mine teachers parents that acting was going to be my
parents that acting was going to be my
parents that acting was going to be my thing
thing
thing I hadn’t like made a conscious decision
I hadn’t like made a conscious decision
I hadn’t like made a conscious decision I’m going to be an act I don’t think you
I’m going to be an act I don’t think you
I’m going to be an act I don’t think you do I think you just that’s what you do
do I think you just that’s what you do
do I think you just that’s what you do the first stage play I did in New York I
the first stage play I did in New York I
the first stage play I did in New York I was working with Stacy Keach and vivica
was working with Stacy Keach and vivica
was working with Stacy Keach and vivica lenses that was a great experience for
lenses that was a great experience for
lenses that was a great experience for me you talk about a master class you
me you talk about a master class you
me you talk about a master class you have it there okay Stace it come out of
have it there okay Stace it come out of
have it there okay Stace it come out of Yale University I think and I was much
Yale University I think and I was much
Yale University I think and I was much more advanced as a stage actor than I
more advanced as a stage actor than I
more advanced as a stage actor than I was but Wow did I have big ears and was
was but Wow did I have big ears and was
was but Wow did I have big ears and was I ready to learn so you just sit and
I ready to learn so you just sit and
I ready to learn so you just sit and watch it’s always a learning experience
watch it’s always a learning experience
watch it’s always a learning experience ah the big thing I learned from working
ah the big thing I learned from working
ah the big thing I learned from working with Pearl Bailey was professionalism
with Pearl Bailey was professionalism
with Pearl Bailey was professionalism she was total professional total total
she was total professional total total
she was total professional total total total professional she always gave 100
total professional she always gave 100
total professional she always gave 100 percent 110 percent and performance and
percent 110 percent and performance and
percent 110 percent and performance and I watched her very carefully it was one
I watched her very carefully it was one
I watched her very carefully it was one of those performers that you say this is
of those performers that you say this is
of those performers that you say this is the way to go this is the way to be in
the way to go this is the way to be in
the way to go this is the way to be in this business beyond time know what
this business beyond time know what
this business beyond time know what you’re doing do it fall out give all you
you’re doing do it fall out give all you
you’re doing do it fall out give all you can and son
can and son
can and son that’s a lesson well as I said I went to
that’s a lesson well as I said I went to
that’s a lesson well as I said I went to the movies all the time which I’ve seen
the movies all the time which I’ve seen
the movies all the time which I’ve seen the movies and at some point it struck
the movies and at some point it struck
the movies and at some point it struck me rather dramatically how much I wasn’t
me rather dramatically how much I wasn’t
me rather dramatically how much I wasn’t in the movies not the way I needed to be
in the movies not the way I needed to be
in the movies not the way I needed to be in the movies and if you look at a lot
in the movies and if you look at a lot
in the movies and if you look at a lot of the disaster movies in that period
of the disaster movies in that period
of the disaster movies in that period the only people left on the planet well
the only people left on the planet well
the only people left on the planet well wait so now my thing is if I get in the
wait so now my thing is if I get in the
wait so now my thing is if I get in the movies I want to make sure that I speak
movies I want to make sure that I speak
movies I want to make sure that I speak about that then if I’m able to do it I
about that then if I’m able to do it I
about that then if I’m able to do it I want to talk about it so there was a
want to talk about it so there was a
want to talk about it so there was a period there in the early 80s when I
period there in the early 80s when I
period there in the early 80s when I didn’t get any work because I would ask
didn’t get any work because I would ask
didn’t get any work because I would ask these questions I auditioned I don’t
these questions I auditioned I don’t
these questions I auditioned I don’t think I even got to audition I
think I even got to audition I
think I even got to audition I interviewed for the movie the thing the
interviewed for the movie the thing the
interviewed for the movie the thing the remake so I read the script and I go
remake so I read the script and I go
remake so I read the script and I go back for the audition and the producer
back for the audition and the producer
back for the audition and the producer or the director one Rose said did you
or the director one Rose said did you
or the director one Rose said did you read the script I said yes what do you
read the script I said yes what do you
read the script I said yes what do you think I said well you’ve got 11 people
think I said well you’ve got 11 people
think I said well you’ve got 11 people at the South Pole 8 of the scientists
at the South Pole 8 of the scientists
at the South Pole 8 of the scientists and then you have a cook a mechanic and
and then you have a cook a mechanic and
and then you have a cook a mechanic and something else
something else
something else they’re all black none of the scientists
they’re all black none of the scientists
they’re all black none of the scientists are what do you think I think needlessly
are what do you think I think needlessly
are what do you think I think needlessly said and get that job again though you
said and get that job again though you
said and get that job again though you know Providence rears our beautiful head
know Providence rears our beautiful head
know Providence rears our beautiful head when glory came about I was just floored
when glory came about I was just floored
when glory came about I was just floored because I knew about the 54th
because I knew about the 54th
because I knew about the 54th Massachusetts regiment from a 1-page
Massachusetts regiment from a 1-page
Massachusetts regiment from a 1-page thing on this day in history and Jet
thing on this day in history and Jet
thing on this day in history and Jet magazine has talked about this sergeant
magazine has talked about this sergeant
magazine has talked about this sergeant water the Medal of Honor for his
water the Medal of Honor for his
water the Medal of Honor for his activists at this charge with this
activists at this charge with this
activists at this charge with this outfit so the history is there is there
outfit so the history is there is there
outfit so the history is there is there to draw upon but we ask ourselves we
to draw upon but we ask ourselves we
to draw upon but we ask ourselves we mean black people why why aren’t we why
mean black people why why aren’t we why
mean black people why why aren’t we why don’t we figure more in it I need
don’t we figure more in it I need
don’t we figure more in it I need something that’s going to engage me that
something that’s going to engage me that
something that’s going to engage me that makes me sit up and think I refuse to
makes me sit up and think I refuse to
makes me sit up and think I refuse to take part in anything that is going to
take part in anything that is going to
take part in anything that is going to denigrate people
yeah water like that space I like I
yeah water like that space I like I shouldn’t be doing this
helium it’s helium organ it is helium is
helium it’s helium organ it is helium is very undignified no your voice sounds
very undignified no your voice sounds
very undignified no your voice sounds great it’s not undignified some people
great it’s not undignified some people
great it’s not undignified some people just have voices like this so you’re
just have voices like this so you’re
just have voices like this so you’re actually making fun of those people
I want to thank you so much for being on
I want to thank you so much for being on the show and please would you ever like
the show and please would you ever like
the show and please would you ever like to come back I’m never coming back thank
to come back I’m never coming back thank
to come back I’m never coming back thank you guys so much for watching I made
you guys so much for watching I made
you guys so much for watching I made this video because JP Annette asked me
this video because JP Annette asked me
this video because JP Annette asked me to so if there’s a famous entrepreneur
to so if there’s a famous entrepreneur
to so if there’s a famous entrepreneur that you want me to profile next leave
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that you want me to profile next leave in the comments below and I’ll see what
in the comments below and I’ll see what
in the comments below and I’ll see what I can do I also love to know what you
I can do I also love to know what you
I can do I also love to know what you learned most of Morgan Freeman which of
learned most of Morgan Freeman which of
learned most of Morgan Freeman which of the ten clips had the biggest impact to
the ten clips had the biggest impact to
the ten clips had the biggest impact to you and why what change you’re going to
you and why what change you’re going to
you and why what change you’re going to make in your business or life as a
make in your business or life as a
make in your business or life as a result of watching this video what’s the
result of watching this video what’s the
result of watching this video what’s the impact leaving the comments below and I
impact leaving the comments below and I
impact leaving the comments below and I will join in the discussion finally want
will join in the discussion finally want
will join in the discussion finally want to give a quick shout-out to Chris
to give a quick shout-out to Chris
to give a quick shout-out to Chris Shane’s from happy worker calm Chris
Shane’s from happy worker calm Chris
Shane’s from happy worker calm Chris thank you so much for picking up my book
thank you so much for picking up my book
thank you so much for picking up my book it really means a lot to me those you
it really means a lot to me those you
it really means a lot to me those you watching if you want to change that a
watching if you want to change that a
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