Morgan Freeman turns 79

Known for his distinctively smooth and deep voice, the iconic actor Morgan Freeman celebrates his 79th birthday today.

Freeman currently ranks the third highest in the list of stars with highest box office earnings, with over $4.316 billion total box office gross, an average of $74.4 million per film. 

Let’s explore some of his inspiring words:

"Life’s all about making progression. Being better today than you were yesterday and the only way to become better is by putting yourself in situations where the outcome is uncertain."

"But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it."

" If you’re working a job where you’re just counting the hours until it’s time to leave, you’re in the wrong profession and it’s going to be very tough to attract major success."

"When you stop pursuing your dream, you’re just waiting to die."

Morgan Freeman is a renowned American actor who has won several awards and accolades for his various roles including an Oscar Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for his role in "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1989 motion picture " Driving Miss Daisy

Freeman has appeared in several box office hits, including "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), "Seven" (1995), "Deep Impact" (1998), "The Sum of All Fears" (2002), "Bruce Almighty" (2003), "The Dark Knight Trilogy" and "The Lego Movie" (2014), and "Lucy" (2014).

Morgan Freeman is simply legendary. One of the best of our time. Happy Birthday from Oops...