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

Laurence Fishburne

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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 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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" There's a bunch of plays that I never got to do because I was either too young or too old for the parts, like 'Slow Dance on the Killing Ground' and 'Dutchman.' For 'American Buffalo,' I was the wrong color. "

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

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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 ever get to the point where anything is old hat. "

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

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" I carry a lot of feminine energy as well as masculine energy, and that's the hit that people are getting. That vulnerable thing is not what we assume with black males. You get it, and then they cease to become scary. They become human. You cease to have a bogeyman. "

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

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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 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. "

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" I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor. "

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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'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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Acting is a childlike thing. To act well, you have to be childlike in order to free yourself. "

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

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" I have a relationship with the southern hemisphere that's a really good one. I love it there. "

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" When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him. "

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

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

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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 something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine. "

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

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