Top 37 Martin Lawrence Quotes
#1. Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.
Tracy Morgan
#2. Martin Lawrence had no filter, and to me that was the greatest half hour of all time. Martin was ahead of his time.
Cory Hardrict
#3. I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, all day.
Brandon T. Jackson
#4. Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.
Nicole Ari Parker
#5. The actors are different, although I didn't set out to be different. My inspiration came from people like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The genre is what it is. My inspiration was drawn from great movies like 48 Hours, Bad Boys and Rush Hour.
Tracy Morgan
#6. Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.
Martin Lawrence
#7. I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.
Martin Lawrence
#8. I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?
Martin Lawrence
#9. My audience is a diehard audience. They are dedicated. My audience always follows me and sticks with me. They're the reason I'm still here - in the films and in stand-ups.
Martin Lawrence
#10. For me [in my stand-ups] I do what is from the heart. I do what I relate to, what I can talk about, things that I can define. I don't try to talk about things just because they might be a popular subject. I talk about things I know about.
Martin Lawrence
#11. Martin Greer Galton had ceased troubling his fellow man in 1964, when a cerebral aneurysm achieved what most of his acquaintances and business associates would have dearly loved to have had a hand in.
Lawrence Block
#12. I wanted to trust in my partners and the directors and producers and do the best I can to deliver what I could deliver.
Martin Lawrence
#14. I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.
Martin Lawrence
#15. You can be cool and at the same time respect your woman, who will hopefully become your wife, who will hopefully become the mother of your kids. America needs to get back to family values.
Martin Lawrence
#16. You might see some of the movies that I'm in where there are shades of drama or whatever, but for the most part, I don't get offered serious roles.
Martin Lawrence
#17. Enjoy your popcorn and enjoy the show. It's just a movie, so have fun!
Martin Lawrence
#18. Boxing kept me out of the streets, by giving me something to do. And it gave me a father figure in the coach that was there for me. I just reiterated what my mother was trying to teach me about focusing and getting my life together.
Martin Lawrence
#19. As long as there's Big Momma, we're going to bring you comedy.
Martin Lawrence
#20. We grew to know the meaning of love. That is what allowed me and my family to stay close together.
Martin Lawrence
#21. You make due with the time you have here. Hopefully when you pass on, somebody can look back and say, 'Wow, they made a difference in some kind of way.'
Martin Lawrence
#23. I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me.
Martin Lawrence
#24. If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a little extra meat on there. If you like them thin-boned, then that's okay, too.
Martin Lawrence
#26. I don't really judge. To each his own. You like what you like.
Martin Lawrence
#27. When I'm playing Big Momma, it's so much work that all I want to do, when I'm finished, is go back home and just relax and study my lines and get ready for the next day.
Martin Lawrence
#28. [Harper] once told a friend, "I think about strategy twenty-four hours a day," and it was only a small exaggeration.
Lawrence Martin
#29. Fatherhood means a great deal to me. I love it. To me, there aint nothing better, because your kids keep it real with you. When you think things are bad, you look at them and they show you how things could be all right, and it's all worth it.
Martin Lawrence
#30. If I give you two children films then come back and give you an adult film. I just love mixing it up and not being pegged into one specific thing.
Martin Lawrence
#31. I don't like forcing comedy and people just trying to do things just to find a funny beat all the time.
Martin Lawrence
#32. For me, this was all or nothing. I left no room for anything else. That goal was just for my own push, my own self-esteem. The fear of not being a success in my life made me push even harder.
Martin Lawrence
#33. I was a B.I.G. fan. I like all of his stuff. I don't really have a favorite song. They all are good, and each brings different memories to me. And you can still listen to it to this day and it means something.
Martin Lawrence
#34. The real power in Ottawa, as in Washington, is in the executive branch. At the White House, there are daily briefings for reporters. In Ottawa, there is no such daily access. The media doesn't demand it, and as a result, major powerbrokers remain virtually anonymous.
Lawrence Martin
#35. No one is immune to the trials and tribulations of life.
Martin Lawrence
#36. If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.
Martin Lawrence
#37. It's always fun to be able to have a voice, because it helps me to stay in tune with the project and the people that I am working with. Ther's nothing worse than being on a project and not being able to have a voice. I don't like that.
Martin Lawrence
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