Laurence Fishburne Quotes

'The Fugitive Kind,' 'Rope,' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' - I watched all these as a way of reminding myself that you can do a movie based on a play. You can do a movie that stays in one place for a long stretch.

Laurence Fishburne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 30, 1961

Topics

MyselfLongYouPlacePlayKind

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

Jim Fowler

EnoughDumbSaidAlwaysPerkins

I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged.

Jim Carrey

HappyCareerPlaceKnowRiskScared

All I know is, he's a good kid, and he's done right all his life. And he always treats other people right.

Joe Jackson

LifeGoodPeopleKnowDoneRight

I love the op-ed pages of the 'L.A. Times,' the 'Washington Post' and the 'New York Times.' There's just no substitute for the people who are thinking and writing on those pages.

Stephen Gaghan

LoveNew YorkPeopleWritingNew

You can't fit your clothes well and look your best if you don't know what you're working with.

Stacy London

BestClothesYouLookKnowWorking

It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that the ghosts you chase you never catch.

Michael Korda

SuccessConfidenceLiveMyselfDay

I have been writing since I was old enough to spell. I have never considered not writing.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

WritingEnoughNeverOldBeenSpell

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Anton Chekhov

ForwardDirectionYouGoCryFail

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

William Hazlitt

RespectHypocriteNo RespectWould

You're going to change the world? Well, go ahead and try. You'll give it up at a certain point and change yourself instead.

Philip Johnson

ChangeChange The WorldYourselfYou

I wish I could sing like Nelly.

Syd

WishI WishSingLikeCould

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

Peter Dinklage

LifeDogTeaBookReadingWalking

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