Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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I have a voice. It's one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid.
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I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.
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I certainly believe that being in contact with ones spirit and nurturing ones spirit is as important as nurturing ones body and mind. We are…
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I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our…
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Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.
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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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Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
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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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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…
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I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you…
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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 myself…
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The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts while they're discovering…
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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 pole.…
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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 myself seriously,…
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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 and…
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I'm not afraid to open myself up. I've had to all my life. Part of my job is to dig and to dig deeper. And…
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I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our…
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Ive taken a lot from them as a filmmaker, and Ive learned things from every single filmmaker Ive ever worked with, and will hopefully apply…
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My son is someone who wants to be a writer. My sons been writing for a long time, since he was 14, and hes a…
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I'm not a philosopher. I don't pretend to be a philosopher. I'm not a student of philosophy.
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