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 Copy Share Image
People think my name is Morpheus. Many times, people will say to me, 'Morpheus!' and I will complete the sentence by saying,… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I have heard a lot of people talk about this grind of series television. I have not seen it yet. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
We don't really see a lot of war movies about the people that are left behind, dealing with the deaths of those… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Some people think of me as an actor and some as a movie star, so I sort of guess that makes me… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
Hiding a talent is not exclusive to any one particular group of people: young, old, black, white, Latin. It doesn't matter. It's… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I carry a lot of feminine energy as well as masculine energy, and that's the hit that people are getting. That vulnerable… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made… — 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… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I don't want to be 45 years old and have been a hot actor when I was 33 and have people going,… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
People think that I'm haughty and stuck up, but really I'm just very shy. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
