What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
My mother is quite a woman. She would push me, and when I got tired of her pushing, I'd say: 'Leave me alone. Don't push so much.' — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I've been around long enough now and have learned to be flexible enough to know that every movie isn't going to be Apocalypse Now… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I feel I… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was like, “Who… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Blacks have been in the position of having to rebel since day one. It's only natural. Black people are the lowest on the totem… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
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,… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
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… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
