[citation needed] Morris lived with his family in various apartments in a neighborhood inhabited chiefly by Jewish immigrants from Russia or Poland until he was in seventh grade, when his father bought a house.

He was a soda jerk at Walgreens, and at age fourteen spent some Saturdays doing stand-up comedy at a mafia nightclub.

[1] Having published over six books in his theory, Morris claims that his System is derived partly from Lee Strasberg's Method Acting.

Facing struggle in finding truth, he contemplated his theory while heading the Directors Unit at the Actor's Studio in Los Angeles.

Furthermore, Morris has worked in over 25 major motion pictures, including Pork Chop Hill,[citation needed] Battle Beyond the Stars and Mirage.