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Freeman gives career advice
Mar 13, 2006, 13:05 GMT
Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman has been dishing out advice to budding actors - and insists a 'big break' is the hardest challenge of all.
The veteran star told students at the University of California, Los Angeles: 'Once you've got the job, there's nothing to it.
'If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.' The 68-year-old, who won a best supporting actor Oscar in 2005, was presented with an award for outstanding screen work. He received the Spencer Tracy Award, which has previously been won by stars such as Jimmy Stewart, Michael Douglas, Denzel Washington and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Freeman said: 'To be included among this group of highly accomplished actors is just magical.' The star struggled to find work early in his career, before receiving a series of Academy Award nominations for 'Street Smart', 'Driving Miss Daisy' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'. He played a worldly-wise boxing trainer in the film which earned him the Oscar, 'Million Dollar Baby'.Copyright 2006 BANG Media International
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