Debuted Quotes

You know, I was hanging out with Sidney Poitier and we were trying to decide if he or I were the better actor. We decided it was me as I convinced the world I could sing. (Freeman debuted on Broadway in 1968 in "Hello, Dolly!")

When you`re that young and you play with an orchestra -- I debuted with the New York Philharmonic -- they call you a prodigy and that name sticks with you even when you`re 15 or 16. What I liked even then, though, was that the conductors treated me like a colleague, not like a `prodigy,` ... Then, when I would be invited back, it became a wonderful cycle for me: I would create friends at these places, such as New York and Berlin, and they have watched me grow up.