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Somebody once said to me after I'd done Deep Impact, What is it like to play a Black president, and I said, I didn't play a Black president. I played a president. I just happened to be Black. There's a difference.
Morgan Freeman
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Morgan Freeman
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 1
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