You're not going to be able ...

You\'re not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you\'re a mimic, then you\'re not acting, you\'re just mimicking. You can\'t go on being John Wayne, that\'s John Wayne. So you\'re not going to steal from John Wayne. I\'m not going to steal from John Wayne and you\'re not going to come back and say \'Didn\'t you get that from the circus?\' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.
You're not going to be able to look like anyone else, no matter how hard you try, unless you're a mimic, then you're not acting, you're just mimicking. You can't go on being John Wayne, that's John Wayne. So you're not going to steal from John Wayne. I'm not going to steal from John Wayne and you're not going to come back and say 'Didn't you get that from the circus?' You know. But he is one of those people who instructs me, whom I look up to - whom I think is one of the masters of his craft that I am so enamoured of.
 Morgan Freeman

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