Author: Laurence Fishburne

Quotes

I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.

I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.

- Laurence Fishburne

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

- Laurence Fishburne

I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself; I believe in God.

I have this unshakeable faith. I believe in myself; I believe in God.

- Laurence Fishburne

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.

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.

- Laurence Fishburne

I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool.

I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool.

- Laurence Fishburne

I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.

I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.

- Laurence Fishburne

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.

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.

- Laurence Fishburne

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.

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.

- Laurence Fishburne

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