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" As a movie star, you get good tables at restaurants. "

Laurence Fishburne

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" 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. "

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" I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started. "

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" You can't go looking for another one of those franchises. You only ever get one of those. You get 'Stars Wars'; you get 'Indiana Jones' or get 'The Matrix.' I've had my franchise. "

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" I don't ever get to the point where anything is old hat. "

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" 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. "

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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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" Shooting a film with seven to eight actors together is complicated sometimes because you have to cover everybody. "

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" 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. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit. "

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" I think there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.' "

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" 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? "

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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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" Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life. "

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" Having 50 to 60 years on the planet should give you a sense of how to master the way you look and live your life. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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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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" I don't want to be 45 years old and have been a hot actor when I was 33 and have people going, 'Whatever happened to Fishburne?' "

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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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" 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 every director doesn't have to be Stanley Kubrick. "

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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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