131 Quotes by Laurence Fishburne

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

The thing with kids is that you only get one chance to do it right. It's really important to share their gifts while they're discovering them. That's why spelling bees are such a compelling story. They stimulate them intellectually, they awaken their competitive spirit, but it's fun. There's something fun about words.

I certainly believe that being in contact with ones spirit and nurturing ones spirit is as important as nurturing ones body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit.

When you're on screen with Mads, there's some real fireworks because your character is his intellectual equal. In a way, maybe your character has an instinct as to who this man really is.

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

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.

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

I have a voice. It’s one of my gifts. I intend to use it on behalf of the children that UNICEF seeks to aid.

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.