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 …

- Laurence Fishburne

I wouldn't say that going into a weekly television series is actually stepping away from anything. It's another medium in which to work as an actor.

- Laurence Fishburne

I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and…

- Laurence Fishburne

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.

- Laurence Fishburne

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

- Laurence Fishburne

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…

- Laurence Fishburne

People think that I'm haughty and stuck up, but really I'm just very shy.

- 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'.

- Laurence Fishburne

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

- Laurence Fishburne