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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
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Morgan Freeman
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 1
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