Laurence Fishburne
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"Laurence John Fishburne III" is an American actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Morpheus (The Matrix)/Morpheus in the The Matrix (series)/Matrix science fiction film trilogy, Mr. Clean in Apocalypse Now, Cowboy Curtis on the television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do with It (film)/What's Love Got to Do With It and as Furious Styles in Boyz n the Hood.

Fishburne became the first African-American to portray Othello (character)/Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's Othello (1995 film)/1995 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare/Shakespeare Othello/play. For his portrayal of Ike Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Two Trains Running (1992), and an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series/Emmy Award for Drama Series Guest Actor for his performance in TriBeCa (TV series)/TriBeCa (1993).

Fishburne has starred in several cult classics, including Deep Cover, and King of New York.

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

We were hugging each other like we always do.

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.

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.

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

She was 12 when we made this movie. She's this little girl as far as I'm concerned. My son just entered Boston University, so now I get the opportunity to spend time with her. I have been making trips once a month to New York and I take her to the theater.

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

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

It's inaccurate to talk about J.J. being a first-time anything. Just because he's telling stories on the little screen doesn't mean he shouldn't be telling stories on the big screen.