Tracy Morgan Quotes - Page 4

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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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• 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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• 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'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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Kids, Age, Acting

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

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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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• The things I did on Saturday Night Live are going to stay as Saturday Night Live. You've never seen Eddie Murphy do a Gumby movie. There's a lot more new material inside of me.

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  Night, Saturday, Materials

  "Tracy Morgan as the New Black". Interview with Kam Williams, lasentinel.net. February 25, 2010.

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• 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

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

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• I give [Barack Obama] a 10 [on a scale of 1 to 10] because he's not God, and he inherited a couple of wars, and a financial mess.I want to see him curse somebody out on TV. You can't finesse a bull. He's gotta throw down. He's in the shark tank.

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  Couple, War, Sharks

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• I want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny.

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  Fans, Want, Way

  "Tracy Morgan is coming to Foxwoods". Interview With Linda Tuccio-Koonz, www.ctpost.com. March 14, 2016.

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• Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

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  Writing, Scripts

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• Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.

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  Husband, Father, Men

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• George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.

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  Generations, Want, Comedy

  "Tracy on Tracy: a 'normal' life". Interview with Julie Hinds, www.chron.com. June 27, 2008.

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• Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit.

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  Balls, Spirit, Comedy

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• I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.

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  Kids, Littles, Little Kid

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• I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

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  Real, Real Life, People

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• I don't really take the college tours and all that. Those are young people and I'm quite sure they're mature enough to understand, but they haven't seen or lived real life yet.

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  Real, College, People

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• I'm not afraid to move away from funny. I'm not afraid of that.

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  Moving, Not Afraid

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• I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.

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  People, Laughing, Dimes

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• My father was the role model I looked up to. 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

  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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• 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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