Laurence Fishburne Net Worth

Laurence Fishburne's Quotes

• For the last six months, people have been coming up to me and saying, "I loved you in Pulp Fiction (1994), Mr. Jackson". [1996]
• I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get. People saw my face and went 'oooh'.
• [on why he didn't read the complete play of "Othello" before acting in the film version in which more than half of the dialogue was cut] Why should I read all those words that I'm not going to get to say?
• 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 like it that way. I've intentionally tried to do it that way. I think that's what's interesting.
• 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. I came up around people who took acting seriously, who cared about acting, cared about the theater and, in the '70s, made movies that said something that mattered. I came up with those people, and I was a kid. Their ethos and credo became mine.

Interesting Facts about Laurence Fishburne

1. Has two children with Hajna O. Moss: Langston Fishburne (born 1987) and Montana Fishburne (born 1991).
2. He changed his name from Larry to Laurence in his films (1991).
3. Engaged to Gina Torres (2001).
4. Parents are Laurence John Fishburne Jr. and Hattie Bell Crawford.
5. Studied acting at the Lincoln Square Academy in Manhattan, New York City.
6. In Event Horizon (1997), the space suits worn by the actors weighed 65 pounds each. He nicknamed his space suit "Doris".
7. Is often mistaken for Samuel L. Jackson and vice versa. According to Jackson, they have stood right next to each other, and people still call them by the wrong names.
8. Attended and graduated from New York's High School of the Performing Arts.
9. Auditioned for the role of Ben in Night of the Living Dead (1990), which went to Tony Todd.
10. His deal for The Matrix (1999) sequels was for a reported $15 million + 3.75% of the gross.
11. In the early 1980s, he and fellow New York actor Giancarlo Esposito were roommates during the Los Angeles pilot season.
12. A founding member of the Guggenheim Motorcycle Club, a group that arranges rides to art museums around the world.
13. Met Paul Reubens at the Groundlings Theatre (he didn't study there but did perform readings) and Reubens cast him as Cowboy Curtis in the children's series Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986).
14. An Ambassador for the United Nations Childrens' Emergency Fund (UNICEF), an agency of the United Nations which helps children all over the world with educational, health and humanitarian assistance.
15. Originally hooked up with Boyz n the Hood (1991) writer John Singleton when Singleton was a production assistant and Fishburne an actor ("Cowboy Curtis") on the popular children's TV program Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986).
16. According to the DVD audio commentary on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Fishburne provided the voice of the bear in the Genaros Beer commercial.
17. Has appeared with Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979), Cadence (1990) and Bobby (2006). He also worked with Charlie Sheen in Cadence (1990) and Emilio Estevez in Bobby (2006).
18. Attended the 2006 Dubai International Film Festival in the United Arab Emirates.
19. Has one daughter with Gina Torres: Delilah Fishburne (born June 2007).
20. His character on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Raymond Langston, is taken from the name of his oldest son, Langston Fishburne.