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Daily Inspiration Quote by Morgan Freeman

"I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture"

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Gratitude is the safest language in Hollywood, and Morgan Freeman knows exactly how to speak it without sounding like he’s reading a hostage note. “I want to thank everybody and anybody” is deliberately overinclusive, almost comically so: it sweeps in the obvious players (cast, crew, studio) and the invisible labor that rarely gets airtime. The phrase “who ever had anything to do” stretches the circle even wider, signaling humility while quietly acknowledging a truth the industry prefers to blur - films are less auteur myth than logistical miracle.

The genius is in how impersonal it is. Freeman doesn’t single out names; he offers a blanket thanks that functions as both generosity and diplomacy. Awards-season speeches are mined territory: forget someone and you create a headline; thank too many and you run long. This line solves both problems. It’s a public act of grace that also protects the speaker from the politics of omission.

Context matters, too. Freeman’s persona - steady, authoritative, “the voice of reason” - makes the sentiment land as sincere rather than strategic. Coming from a lesser figure, it might read like PR varnish. From him, it plays as an actor paying tribute to the machine that makes the magic, while reminding the room that even the most celebrated face on screen is only the final layer of a very large stack.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Freeman, Morgan. (n.d.). I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-thank-everybody-and-anybody-who-ever-20573/

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Freeman, Morgan. "I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-thank-everybody-and-anybody-who-ever-20573/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I want to thank everybody and anybody who ever had anything to do with the making of this picture." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-want-to-thank-everybody-and-anybody-who-ever-20573/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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

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