Martin Lawrence Professions : ActorBorn : April 16, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 32 quotes by Martin Lawrence NO ONE is immune to the trials and tribulations of life. Martin Lawrence trials-and-tribulationstribulationtrials 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 blessingmistakefall 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 familymotivationalinspirational God inspired me, because I was blessed with the knowledge that I wanted to do this. And my mother supported it. She said, 'Whatever it is you want to do. If you believe acting or comedy is what you really want to do, I can only tell you it's not easy, it's very hard, but I'll support you.' Her supporting me enabled me to move forward. Martin Lawrence motherbelievemoving 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 wowdifferenceslooks I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean? Martin Lawrence keyssoulmean 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 hearttryingmight 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 boxingmotherfather I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me. Martin Lawrence showstryingpeople 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 songmemoriesmean Life- ride it until the wheels fall off. Martin Lawrence seize-the-dayinspiringfall I don't really judge. To each his own. You like what you like. Martin Lawrence judging 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 self-esteemgoalsuccess It's botherin' me, man. You know, you can't say this, you can't say that, I'm like, well, how am I gonna talk about the world? You know? I mean I need to talk about something to you all, can I - can I do it? Can I talk to y'all? I mean, I hope the kids are in bed, you know, because I got to talk, y'all. Martin Lawrence menmeankids 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 partnersproducersdirectors 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 motherkidsamerica 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 ifs 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 voicefunpeople 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 stepstryingcharacter 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 givingtwochildren Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
