Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.
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I don't want to be 45 years old and have been a hot actor when I was 33 and have people going, 'Whatever happened to Fishburne?'
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Some people think of me as an actor and some as a movie star, so I sort of guess that makes me both. I love making movies, and I love playing on the stage.
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After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I feel I have played him well and honorably. I have nothing to prove anymore.'
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If you asked someone who was a Maori about how they felt about how they were treated in Australia or New Zealand, you'll get an answer. They'll have something to tell you. And you might not like what you hear.
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It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity.
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I actually had the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the Supreme Court and face the justices, which was really a powerful thing for me.
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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.
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Jesse Eisenberg, this little nebbishy guy, as Lex Luthor? For me, that's a genius move.
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I return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it.
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As a movie star, you get good tables at restaurants.
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When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do.