Laurence Fishburne

I try to meditate.

— Laurence Fishburne

As a movie star, you get good tables at restaurants.

— Laurence Fishburne

We are our children's first teachers.

— Laurence Fishburne

Most of us are afraid of our success, that we will actually be great.

— Laurence Fishburne

I don't ever get to the point where anything is old hat.

— Laurence Fishburne

I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it.

— Laurence Fishburne

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

— Laurence Fishburne

Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me.

— Laurence Fishburne

I learned tolerance at a very early age.

— Laurence Fishburne

I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate…

— Laurence Fishburne

I actually had the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the Supreme Court and face the justices, which was really a…

— Laurence Fishburne

I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went…

— Laurence Fishburne

You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think…

— Laurence Fishburne

Philanthropic work reminds you of everyone's common humanity, and that's really the common denominator for everyone.

— Laurence Fishburne

I always wanted to play a cowboy. I just didn't get to do it the way I thought I would.

— Laurence Fishburne

I had two times in my life where I wanted to give up everything I worked for, but God gave me a…

— Laurence Fishburne

Jesse Eisenberg, this little nebbishy guy, as Lex Luthor? For me, that's a genius move.

— Laurence Fishburne

I don't think Othello is a jealous man - he is a man who has been deceived by another person, just as…

— Laurence Fishburne

I believe in my children. I believe in human beings. I believe in the goodness that is in human beings. I believe…

— Laurence Fishburne

As a man of colour, I've spent my life asking people to see me for who I am. With Obama in the…

— Laurence Fishburne

I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I…

— Laurence Fishburne

It's a huge blessing to know you've done something that has affected people the way 'The Matrix' has. It's like, there's 'Star…

— Laurence Fishburne

After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I…

— Laurence Fishburne

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…

— Laurence Fishburne

Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created…

— Laurence Fishburne

Ive taken a lot from them as a filmmaker, and Ive learned things from every single filmmaker Ive ever worked with, and…

— Laurence Fishburne

I'm not afraid to open myself up. I've had to all my life. Part of my job is to dig and to…

— Laurence Fishburne

I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was…

— Laurence Fishburne

For me, it's all about the fact that here's this piece of material where there's one world and it's the real world.…

— Laurence Fishburne

I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think…

— Laurence Fishburne

The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts…

— Laurence Fishburne

Back in 1978, when I was still in high school, I went to see a Broadway show, 'Paul Robeson,' starring James Earl…

— Laurence Fishburne

I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think…

— Laurence Fishburne

I ain't afraid of germs, man. And I ain't afraid of getting sick.

— Laurence Fishburne

I think there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.'

— Laurence Fishburne

I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started.

— Laurence Fishburne

Doing theater makes you feel like a real actor.

— Laurence Fishburne

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

— Laurence Fishburne

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

— Laurence Fishburne

We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.

— Laurence Fishburne