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" 'Apocalypse Now' was my craziest experience ever. I was 14 years old, and I'd lied about my age to get the role. I haven't had another film top it. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" It's important for a lot of young black males to value swagger over intelligence. Swagger is important, but intelligence must come before the swagger. "

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" I think any city that does the Olympics takes on the world and has to grow and has to kind of assimilate all sorts of folks. "

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" If you like rock and roll, if you like rhythm and blues, if you like jazz, if you like hip-hop, you might be black-ish. "

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" When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do. "

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" It's my luck that I was born a bit of an old soul, and it's served me well. "

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" All I know is, I'm trying to do things that are a little different whenever I can. "

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" 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.' "

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" I have a man cave somewhere in California - a totally undisclosed location where manly things occur. There are motorcycles, there are secret doors and passageways. Women are welcome, but they must knock. "

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" John Wick is not a guy that asks for help, so when he goes to somebody for help, whoever that is, you know he's a serious cat. "

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" 'The Fugitive Kind,' 'Rope,' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' - I watched all these as a way of reminding myself that you can do a movie based on a play. You can do a movie that stays in one place for a long stretch. "

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" It's very difficult to set a film in one setting without giving the audience some intensity and some relief. "

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" I was in a movie with Marlon Brando. Now, I didn't have any scenes with Marlon Brando, but I had scenes with Martin Sheen and was around Dennis Hopper, who was a child actor in the studio system and was enamored of James Dean, as was Martin, and they were all sort of disciples of Brando. "

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" People think my name is Morpheus. Many times, people will say to me, 'Morpheus!' and I will complete the sentence by saying, 'is not my name!' "

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" Obviously, after 'The Matrix,' it was a case of, 'OK, I did that. What's next?' I mean, it's always like that, but more so this time. How do I change it up? How do I keep it interesting for myself? "

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" I don't believe in acting teachers for me, so it's God's joke that he gave me a best friend who's an acting teacher. "

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" I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch. "

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" I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself; I believe in God. "

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" When I first read 'Boyz,' I cried. It could have been about some kids in Warsaw, Poland. I knew it was good, but I had no idea what it would do to me. "

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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, I take what I do seriously. "

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" Things have become considerably better for men of colour since I was born. But I'd say that we'll be really getting somewhere when things get better for women of colour. "

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" 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, it feels like people have finally caught up to where I've been most of my life. "

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" I try to meditate. "

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" I have taken care of my gift, and because I've taken care of my gift, I feel like I've been continually and constantly blessed to get to do wonderful things. "

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

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" A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me. "

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" 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 Wars,' and then there's 'The Matrix.' It's cool to be a part of that. "

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" When I was ten, I did a play at the Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, Charles Fuller's first play. He went on to write 'A Soldier's Story,' among other things. I realized, 'Oh, I can be anything doing this.' "

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" In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it. "

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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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