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Daily Inspiration Quote by Morgan Freeman

"I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it"

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Professionalism is Freeman's quiet flex here, but it's also a subtle rebuke to the celebrity mythology that films are steered by auteur magic. "I feel fine, I don't care who the director is" lands like an anti-diva manifesto: calm, unpanicked, almost stubbornly unromantic about the hierarchy everyone pretends not to worship. He isn't dismissing directors; he's demystifying them. The star who "doesn't care" is really saying he refuses to outsource his standards to someone else's name.

The roughness of the phrasing ("what your doing", the run-on rhythm, the repeated "you know") matters. This isn't a polished soundbite engineered for inspiration posters. It sounds like on-set talk, the kind that happens between takes when time is money and everyone is tired. That texture gives the line credibility: it's work speech, not brand speech.

Subtextually, Freeman is arguing for a democratic ethic inside a famously stratified business. By expanding from "I" to "all of us - everybody in the business", he spreads accountability around, cutting against the culture of scapegoating when a project falters. The intent is practical but pointed: competence is the only respect that counts.

Contextually, it reads like an old-school craftsman's worldview forged across decades of sets and directors. In an industry obsessed with power dynamics, Freeman's stance is almost radical in its simplicity: know your job, honor the chain without idolizing it, and get back to making the thing.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Freeman, Morgan. (2026, January 18). I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-feel-fine-i-dont-care-who-the-director-is-all-951/

Chicago Style
Freeman, Morgan. "I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-feel-fine-i-dont-care-who-the-director-is-all-951/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I feel fine, I don't care who the director is. All you have to do is know what your doing - all of us - everybody in the business - that's all you ask anyone - you know your job, I know mine, let's go do it." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-feel-fine-i-dont-care-who-the-director-is-all-951/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is a Actor from USA.

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