as for the God part I think he was referring to
Genesis 1-1
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
If there is other life that does not resemble a human form/image, then Our God is not the God of the Universe.
Now I don't want to get all religious and stuff, but that is what I think M. Freeman was referring to.
Daren