But rather a sense of accomplishment that I have met my dreams. With most actors, you remember the dialogue. With Freeman, you remember the silences. And when he does speak, his mellow baritone resonates long after the film has ended. Let other actors delight in the sound of their own voices.
Freeman gets to the point.
We know what Freeman is. Like all the acting greats, he has the ability to convey conflicting emotions simultaneously. Ask him a personal question, and it's just the facts, ma'am. Ask about others, and he registers 17 shades of enthusiasm. Though Freeman was born in Memphis, Tenn., he was mostly raised in Charleston and Greenwood, Miss., with a three-year interlude in Chicago.