American - Actor | July 30, 1961 -
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.
Laurence Fishburne
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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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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 really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool.
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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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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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I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.
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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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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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Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.
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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 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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