He has made more than 50 films since he chauffeured Miss Daisy, including box-office hits The Lego Movie and Se7en as well as Bruce Almighty, which forever typecast him as God. Of course, I can afford to retire, but now I do it for the fun.” I just couldn’t get arrested when I was a younger man, and now I’ve reached retirement age, it seems Hollywood won’t even let me retire. “There were times I feared I’d be an old man and never have got to do what I wanted. And timing is everything – where you are and when. I don’t care what your reasons for doing it you’re gonna have to step off the cliff. I thought it was all I would ever get,” says Freeman. The monotony of the job turned him to the bottle: “That job was so undemanding, I began drinking. He began working in theatre in pursuit of his original dream and landed a regular role on the children’s TV show, The Electric Company, in the early 1970s. “At some point I got to a place where I knew that becoming a ‘star’ was a mistake, because you can’t ever disappear again” His career might have taken off earlier had he not rejected a university theatre scholarship to enlist in the US Air Force his passion for flight was soon crushed by the reality of warfare, and he left after four years. Success, however, didn’t arrive until he was 50, when Driving Miss Daisy finally landed him on every director’s wish list. Shrewd and authoritative, Freeman has transcended discrimination, earning a 2005 Oscar for Million Dollar Baby and nominations for his roles in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus. I can go shopping and eat in restaurants without any bother.” “I’ve been now for many years, so everybody got their selfies years ago. He has no such concerns back at home in Charleston, Mississippi, where he has a 124-acre ranch. I even see homeless guys with their cameras.” He will occasionally make exceptions: “If it’s a really, really pretty woman.” “I can’t even go to a nice hotel gym because everyone goes, ‘Oh my god,’ and gets the cameras out.
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