Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me.
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If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready.
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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.'
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Shooting a film with seven to eight actors together is complicated sometimes because you have to cover everybody.
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I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started.
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You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain.
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Obviously, after 'The Matrix,' it was a case of, 'OK, I did that. What's next?' I mean, it's always like that, but more so this time. How do I change it up? How do I keep it interesting for myself?
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It's important for a lot of young black males to value swagger over intelligence. Swagger is important, but intelligence must come before the swagger.
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I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it.
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I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch.
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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?
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People think my name is Morpheus. Many times, people will say to me, 'Morpheus!' and I will complete the sentence by saying, 'is not my name!'
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I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me.
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As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.
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In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.
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When I was ten, I did a play at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, Charles Fuller's first play. He went on to write 'A Soldier's Story,' among other things. I realized, 'Oh, I can be anything doing this.'
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All I know is, I'm trying to do things that are a little different whenever I can.
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I had two times in my life where I wanted to give up everything I worked for, but God gave me a job.
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There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good.
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John Wick is not a guy that asks for help, so when he goes to somebody for help, whoever that is, you know he's a serious cat.
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We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.
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I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.
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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.
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Most of us are afraid of our success, that we will actually be great.