A biography for Laurence Fishburnehasn’t been written yet.
“I can't remember a picture that has expressed black attitudes and personal relationships as vividly as we've done in 'Cadence.'”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I return to the stage first and foremost because I'm an actor, and I love it.”
“I always wanted to play a cowboy. I just didn't get to do it the way I thought I would.”
“I have heard a lot of people talk about this grind of series television. I have not seen it yet.”
“It's always a collective group of people coming together to oppose those things which are fundamentally contrary to our basic humanity.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I learned tolerance at a very early age.”
“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.'”
“You can't be bad when you're working with a kid. They have the instincts that all great actors have.”
“If you're playing a real person, then you want to do a certain amount of research, but that's only going to be so useful to you. Each role requires a different kind of approach to get ready.”
“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.”
“I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it.”
“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.”
“In order to be the best version of yourself, you have to dedicate time, effort, and support to other people who need it.”
“I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.”
“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!'”