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" I work with my instincts. I don't have a process that I learned in an acting class whereby I break a script down or whereby I do a certain kind of research. "
Laurence Fishburne
Down
Acting
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" Acting and philanthropy are braided together. I've tried to seek out things that speak not just specifically to the community that created me, but that speak in a way that's universal and all of humanity celebrates. "
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" My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do. "
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" 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'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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" 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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" 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 there's going to be many special episodes of 'Blackish.' "
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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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" 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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" Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me. "
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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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" I don't necessarily go out and try to do something that's going to be just something that will please the audience. I'm not interested in doing something where I get the most people to come see the movie at the same time and they get the biggest explosion. I'm not interested in that. "
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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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" I learned tolerance at a very early age. "
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Early
Age
" 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. "
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" I can't imagine not coming back to the theater. It's where I started. "
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" We are our children's first teachers. "
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Our
" 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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Friend
God
" 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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Think
Good
" 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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" 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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" A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me. "
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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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" 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 my luck that I was born a bit of an old soul, and it's served me well. "
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" I don't think Othello is a jealous man - he is a man who has been deceived by another person, just as everybody in the play is deceived by that person... The playwright uses the word 'jealousy' over and over and over again, but I don't think it has anything to do with being jealous. "
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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 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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" 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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