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" Anytime we're talking about Thurgood Marshall, that's a good thing, I think, because it gives us an opportunity to go back, look at the history, and recognize what his contributions were. "

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" I love the opportunity to use my full range, and so playing in the comedy 'Black-ish' gives me the opportunity to show my lighter side, and playing in this beautiful, elegant horror story of 'Hannibal,' I get to use my darker and more cerebral side. It's really wonderful. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" I try to meditate. "

Laurence Fishburne

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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'. "

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

" We don't really see a lot of war movies about the people that are left behind, dealing with the deaths of those who serve and the sacrifices they make. "

" We are our children's first teachers. "

" You can't be bad when you're working with a kid. They have the instincts that all great actors have. "

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

" I learned tolerance at a very early age. "

" Do mainstream crowds want to watch a movie about good things happening in black neighborhoods? Do black audiences want to see a little girl doing something in a white world? "

" My company, Cinema Gypsy, produced a podcast, 'Bronzeville,' in conjunction with Larenz Tate and his brothers that we're developing into a television show. It deals with a very tight-knit African-American community in Chicago in 1947 and people who run a numbers wheel. "

" If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready. "

" Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. "

" 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. "

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

" Back in 1978, when I was still in high school, I went to see a Broadway show, 'Paul Robeson,' starring James Earl Jones. It was all about Robeson's journey as a human being, an artist, a champion of civil rights. Had I not seen the play, I might not have known who Robeson was. I was certainly never taught about him in school. "

" The 50s are the age of elegance. That's kind of my intention when I get dressed: casual elegance. "

" It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas. "

" I actually had the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the Supreme Court and face the justices, which was really a powerful thing for me. "

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

" The commercial I did for Kia was hilarious and unexpected, so that, I think, is also another way of signaling to the audience that there's more to me than Morpheus. "

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" I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me. "

" I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool. "

" I always want to read the script and know everything and at least understand the context of the world that you're in and why you're there and all that stuff. It's good to know something. I like to know, but I've never been one of these, 'Just show me my stuff,' no, I like to know what the whole picture is so I can understand how I fit into it. "

" After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I feel I have played him well and honorably. I have nothing to prove anymore.' "

" 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 don't know what I'm gonna do. I like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting. "

" 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 purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point. "

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

" I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself. "

" Playing solo with an audience for an hour and 30 minutes without a break means I have to, as the jazz cats say, get into the shed and work on my chops. "