Im having all the feels, Skip.
And Im also quite all right with all of this.
I feel less isolated, he agreed.
Laurence Fishburne attends ‘The Amateur’ world premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 02, 2025 in New York City.Credit:Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Yeah, I feel less other.
Still, he credited his father with helping to cultivate his love of cinema from a young age.
My dad would take me to see proper movies.
Laurence Fishburne on ‘Finding Your Roots’.Courtesy of McGee Media
He wouldnt take me to see kids movies.
He would take me to see real movies, he toldVulturein 2020.
McQueens movies, John Waynes movies.
Then he would take me to see [Sidney] Poitiers movies, Charles Bronsons movies.
Ina separate clipshared withPEOPLE, Fishburne also remarked upon seeing his biological fathers face for the very first time.
Its so nice to see his face and to see him smiling, he said.
And hes dressed well.
Hes probably what, late 40s, early 50s in this photograph?
… Yeah, he looks like a kind man.
He looks like a kind man.
The full episode ofFinding Your Roots airs Tuesday, April 8, at 8 p.m. Watch the clips above.
