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" Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me. "
Laurence Fishburne
Means
Lot
Me
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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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" Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still. "
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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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" 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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" Acting is a childlike thing. To act well, you have to be childlike in order to free yourself. "
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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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" I ain't afraid of germs, man. And I ain't afraid of getting sick. "
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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 return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it. "
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" On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff. "
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" Doing 'CSI: N.Y.' is not 'CSI.' Doing 'CSI: Miami' is not 'CSI: N.Y.,' it's 'CSI: Miami.' It has a very, very specific tone. It has a very specific look. It has a specific way in which they tell their stories that's different from 'CSI: N.Y.' and 'CSI.' "
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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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" 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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Looking
" As a movie star, you get good tables at restaurants. "
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Tables
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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. "
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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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" 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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Audience
Way
" 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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" We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit. "
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" Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there. "
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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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" 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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" I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it. "
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" I believe in my children. I believe in human beings. I believe in the goodness that is in human beings. I believe in many, many things that I cannot prove. I believe that there's the world of the seen and the world of the unseen. "
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