Thurgood on Broadway: Laurence Fishburne Interview

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Laurence Fishburne has been one of Hollywood's most iconic actors for nearly 30 years, thanks to unforgettable performances in Apocalypse Now, What's Love Got to Do With It?, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and the box-office smash The Matrix. But the powerful 46-year-old star is no stranger to the stage, having won the Tony Award in August Wilson's Two Trains Running and appearing in such diverse plays as The Lion In Winter and Fences. Now, Fishburne is taking on his biggest challenge portraying former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in George Stevens Jr.'s solo play Thurgood, which officially opens at the Booth Theatre on April 30. He recently spoke to TheaterMania about portraying this legendary role model -- as well as his own role models.

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[SekaisEmbrace]

What are you talking about?

How does talking "slowly" equivocate to being depressed? If anything, he's choosing his words carefully; you know, actually thinking before speaking. Not everyone is light and rainbows in front of the camera.

[mimi1953]

LOVE you Laurence!!!!

[johntkucz]

@lorimneal I saw an Inside the Actor's Studio of Fishbourne (very young) he said that an actor has tons of experiences so he/she can draw from them in craft. Interesting insightful..okay. Was decent in matrix and event horizon, but like many actors swept up in the cult of Hollywood (rubbish), he is depressed and his crew has plummeted, crash and burned indescribably and horrendously imho (well that's not so humble of an opinion, but w/e).

[GriseldaDortch3392]

erotic, .........seen that sex video with him when he was about 19 at a Hotel in lancaster lol.. go here to see it now.....Starzexposed...dot...c­om............. ( hello and the wild, mind blowing kisses, tonight )

[BoltaVS]

good actor,bad parent.

[phildrice]

it is not illegal to post a hngman's noose in a federal facility says Special Assistant to A BLACK CONGRESSMAN. THAT CONGRESSMAN IS CONGRESSMAN GREGORY W. MEEKS, NYS, 6TH ONCGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.  HE IS A DEFINITE BLACK TRAITOR TO HIS RACE. SEE THE VIDEOS OF MY STORY OF BEING POISONED BY HIS OFFICE BY VICARIOUS LIABILITY & THE TREACHERY ATTESED TO BY SO MANY CONSTITUENTS. NOW HE WANT ME KILED BY THE NYPD OR MADE A CRCUS SHOW AS A CRAZY OR HAVE ME LOCKED UP LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO LOSE MY PENSION.

[icecreamladydream]

One of the best damn actors in the world!

[TheWolvessyster]

It doesn't matter the bad things here writte abt You Morpheus.

Nea promised that when she will grow up, she'll marry You ! :-)

[jampie06]

Montana is a daddy hating, sex addict because her father Laurence is a closet homosexual who brings men home. I would see him driving his boy toys around in nyc. What a family of degenerates. It´s the truth people. It´s the truth.

[lorimneal]

@johntkucz idk about him being in a cult or being depressed, but he sure is boring right here.  too bad, cuz i always love me some Fish.

[johntkucz]

you're deluded and in denial that someone who played characters of which you likely revered is depress (because of his cult membership of acting/hollywood). look at his body posture, his weight, his heaviness, his Depression. Fishburne is depressed, he took some crappy tv role and cult gobbled him up. true.