Laurence Fishburne Quotes
I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
The 50s are the age of elegance. That's kind of my intention when I get dressed: casual elegance.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Things have become considerably better for men of colour since I was born. But I'd say that we'll be really getting somewhere when things get better for women of colour.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Do mainstream crowds want to watch a movie about good things happening in black neighborhoods? Do black audiences want to see a little girl doing something in a white world?
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Doing 'CSI: N.Y.' is not 'CSI.' Doing 'CSI: Miami' is not 'CSI: N.Y.,' it's 'CSI: Miami.' It has a very, very specific tone. It has a very specific look. It has a specific way in which they tell their stories that's different from 'CSI: N.Y.' and 'CSI.'
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
I don't necessarily go out and try to do something that's going to be just something that will please the audience. I'm not interested in doing something where I get the most people to come see the movie at the same time and they get the biggest explosion. I'm not interested in that.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
I think there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.'
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
I try to meditate.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
You can't go looking for another one of those franchises. You only ever get one of those. You get 'Stars Wars'; you get 'Indiana Jones' or get 'The Matrix.' I've had my franchise.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Projects don't need to be special for me to sign up, but I do need them to have something that speaks to me in some way.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
As a man of colour, I've spent my life asking people to see me for who I am. With Obama in the White House, it feels like people have finally caught up to where I've been most of my life.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
I return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created me, but that speak in a way that's universal and all of humanity celebrates.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
Playing solo with an audience for an hour and 30 minutes without a break means I have to, as the jazz cats say, get into the shed and work on my chops.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.
Laurence Fishburne
American actor
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