Laurence Fishburne movie quotes

“- Akeelah: I'm naturally inquisitive.
- Dr. Larabee: Yes, which is also sometimes confused with being naturally obnoxious.”
Keke Palmer - Akeelah
Laurence Fishburne - Dr. Larabee

“Now, you listen to me. I made you. You were nothing before you met me, and you ain't gonna be nothing without me.”
Laurence Fishburne - Ike Turner

- Dr. Weir: Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful?
- Miller: Your "beautiful" ship killed its crew, Doctor.
- Dr. Weir: Well... now she has another crew. Now she has us.

Sam Neill - Dr. Weir
Laurence Fishburne - Miller

“- Morpheus: You saw the Oracle? What did she tell you?
- Niobe: Same thing she always does: exactly what I needed to hear.”
Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus
Jada Pinkett Smith - Niobe

“it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.”
Laurence Fishburne

“I've played a lot of bad guys, 'cause that was the only work I could get.”
Laurence Fishburne

“I think everyone is very surprised at how 'Matrix' has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.”
Laurence Fishburne

“This is a war and we are soldiers. Death can come for us at any time, in any place.”
Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus

Those persons whose names were called, and whom are standing, the university has instructed me to inform you that your financial bill as of yet has not been paid. You may leave and settle your debts. However, you may not return to this course until you have done so. There are "no" handouts in the free world. And appropriately, none in my course.... (continue)(continue reading)
Laurence Fishburne - Professor Maurice Phipps

“- Ben Campbell: I need this money. You have no idea what I went through to get this...
- Cole Williams: I know, kid, but you're gonna figure out how to get everything you want in this life, 'cause you're smart.”
Jim Sturgess - Ben Campbell
Laurence Fishburne - Cole Williams

“- Miller: Oh. My. God. What happened to your eyes?
- Dr. Weir: Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.”
Laurence Fishburne - Miller
Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

“- Betty McCutcheon: I don't trust him.
- John Hull: You know something? I don't think you could trust yourself.”
Victoria Dillard - Betty
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull

“- Max: I got a new theory about all these suicides. Right?
- Neil Gordon: Don't hold back on us, Max. We need all the help we can get.
- Max: It's fucked up chromosomes, man. Think about it. All their parents dropped acid during the sixties.
- Neil Gordon: Well, it beats Simm's theory. She thinks it's nothing but sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
-...” (continue)(continue reading)
Laurence Fishburne - Max
Craig Wasson - Neil Gordon

- Max: This lump over here... This is Kincaid. Now I want you to take a good look. See, he gets himself thrown in the quite room so often that you probably won't see a whole lot of him. Ain't that right, "Cool Breeze"?
- Kincaid: Right. I do it so I don't have to look at your ugly face all the time.
- Max: I love you too.
Laurence Fishburne - Max
Ken Sagoes - Kincaid

“- Jimmy Markum: How long?
- Whitey Powers: How long what?
- Jimmy Markum: How long till you catch my daughter's killer? I need to know.”
Sean Penn - Jimmy Markum
Laurence Fishburne - Whitey Powers

“- John Hull: David, come on. Take your feet off the couch. You don't do that at your mother's house, do you?
- David Jason: Nouveau anal, I think this is called.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Jeff Goldblum - David Jason

“- Max: Girl, what are you doing?
- Jennifer Caulfield: Watching TV.
- Max: I can see that. Why don't you read a book? You watch too much damn TV.
- Jennifer Caulfield: Research.
- Max: Right. You're gonna be a TV star.
- Jennifer Caulfield: Wait and see.”
Laurence Fishburne - Max
Penelope Sudrow - Jennifer

“- Jimmy Jump: I wanna know who I'm selling drugs to, you know what I mean?
- Joey Dalesio: You don't sell drugs, my brother. You shoot people.
- Jimmy Jump: Yo, I'm unemployed. Ain't nobody left.”
Laurence Fishburne - Jimmy Jump
Paul Calderon - Joey Dalesio

“- Carver: So tell me, how does it feel to kill a man?
- Russell Stevens, Jr.: You're God, so you should already know.”
Charles Martin Smith - Carver
Laurence Fishburne - Russell Stevens Jr.

“- John Hull: Gerry, I sold drugs, I've watched people die, and I didn't do nothing. I killed people. You lied to me.
- Carver: They lied to me, John. How naive can you get, man? What, what, are you so stupid you can't see that? You think I like this? Huh? John, I'm sorry. Huh? It's all shit, you know. It's all bullshit. You know that. I know that.”
Laurence Fishburne - John Hull
Charles Martin Smith - Carver

“- Miller: You just get your gear and get back on the Lewis and Clark, Doctor, or you'll find yourself walking home.
- Dr. Weir: I am home.”

Laurence Fishburne - Miller
Sam Neill - Dr. Weir

“- Piper: I want half.
- Dodge: Half. Fuck you, this isn't divorce.”

Laurence Fishburne - Piper
Stephen Baldwin - Dodge

“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream?”
Laurence Fishburne - Morpheus

“White folks just don't like to be pushed into a corner. They'll come around. You just got to make it look like it was their idea, like they're the ones that thought of it. They need to feel like they're the great emancipators. Like it was theirs to give in the first place. If that's all it takes, let them have it.”
Laurence Fishburne - Edward

“This uppity nigger is buying you a drink!”

Laurence Fishburne - Bumpy Rhodes