Tracy Morgan Quotes - Page 4

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• Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

  Tracy Morgan

  Foundation, Mines

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2008.

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• Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

  Tracy Morgan

  Careers, Foundation

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. October 03, 2007.

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• Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.

  Tracy Morgan

  Growing Up, Careers, Choices

  Tracy Morgan, Anthony Bozza (2009). “I Am the New Black”, p.15, Spiegel & Grau

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• The truth is, I've never thought of myself as the Michael Jordan of comedy. And that's a good thing. You know why? Because I'm not. Wasn't that Richard Pryor? Yes, it was. I know what I am: I'm funny!

  Tracy Morgan

  Jordan, Comedy, Truth Is

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• I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

  Tracy Morgan

  Drama, Comedian

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. October 03, 2007.

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• I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but it's cool to have strong and powerful pets.

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  Strong, Powerful, Eels

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• I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.

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  Book, Kids, Cutting

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• Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That’s why they call it the Fists of Fury. Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I’m not mad at anybody. I’m not mad at any human being because I’m a human being.

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  Mad, Fists, Fury

  "Tracy Morgan Introduces Us to His Custom-Made, Swarovski Crystal-Studded Michael Jackson Jacket". Interview with Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. April 6, 2012.

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• I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host Saturday Night Live.

  Tracy Morgan

  Thinking, Night, People

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2007.

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• If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

  Tracy Morgan

  Night, Saturday, Show Business

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• I don't even deal with politics. I just don't believe in them. I think politics are politricks. My whole thing is power to the people. I don't put my faith in any one man. I keep my faith in God. That's where I keep my faith.

  Tracy Morgan

  Believe, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then.

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  Jobs, Fun, Mirrors

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• Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

  Tracy Morgan

  Reality, Scary, Scary Things

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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• I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye.

  Tracy Morgan

  Spread, Marvin

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• My father was the role model I looked up. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me he was still a rock star.

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  Stars, Dad, Father

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• When I was a young kid, my pops introduced me to it. He took me to Harlem, 145th and Edgecombe, to watch the filming of Claudine with James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll. That was my first taste of seeing a set and the cameras, and I was bit by the acting bug at a young age.

  Tracy Morgan

  Kids, Age, Acting

  "Tracy Morgan ‘Cop Out’ Interview with Kam Williams". newsblaze.com. February 22, 2010.

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• I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.

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  Growing Up, Police, Bed

  "Tracy Morgan ‘Cop Out’ Interview with Kam Williams". newsblaze.com. February 22, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Inspiration, Boys, Genre Is

  "Tracy Morgan ‘Cop Out’ Interview with Kam Williams". newsblaze.com. February 22, 2010.

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• Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

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  Fun, World, Able

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• Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

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  Hero, Genius, Comedic

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, www.avclub.com. October 03, 2007.

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• I'm not focused on the outrageousness. I'm just focused on being funny, and raising my kids. I don't even read the newspaper, I don't read that crap.

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  Kids, Newspapers, Crap

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. October 3, 2007.

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• I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting.

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  Girl, Laughter, Laughing

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.

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  Dark, Stuff, Sometimes

  "Tracy Morgan Introduces Us to His Custom-Made, Swarovski Crystal-Studded Michael Jackson Jacket". Interview with Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. April 06, 2012.

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• I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

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  Trying, Lines, Barack

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• Fame doesn't matter. Money doesn't matter. Those things are forever fleeting. I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.

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  Stars, Grandchildren, Long

  Source: lasentinel.net

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