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Celebrities Share Favorite Moments with their Moms
Celebrities share their favorite moments with their mothers.
Original Content  |  January 01, 2006
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

As a boy growing up in rural Mississippi, Morgan Freeman says his mother used to tell him, "I'm going to take you to Hollywood." Years later, when Morgan was starting to make a name for himself in New York City, he landed a role on Broadway. When he saw his name in lights for the very first time, he says the first person he thought of was his mom.

"Every time something good happened to me, I would always report to my mother," he says. "So the first time my name was in lights was on Broadway, and I was walking down 44th or 45th Street and there was my name up on the marquee, and I said, 'Look, Ma!'"
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