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Tracy Morgan
If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people.
I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.
When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.
People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills.
I'm human, I feel, I understand. That's the highest level of love, is understanding - when you can understand someone, when you can love them with their flaws and their faults. So I understand, I consider. I may speak the truth, but I'll consider your feelings, too.
And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.
I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.
You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.
Growing up in the ghetto is pretty hard. It's poverty; it's frustration.
My older brother was born, who was a cripple, then I was born, and my sister was born, the only girl. So I was between the only girl and the crippled guy. I was the middle guy.
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.
The only person who knows what's in my wallet is my wife.
Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.
Anybody who's lived in the ghetto knows that you don't move during the daytime. Here's why: You don't want anyone to know you're leaving, and you don't want anyone knowing where you're going.
They say that every Jewish person is supposed to love one black person in his life. I'm glad Lorne Michaels chose me.
To me, politics is a pile of tricks.
For my first gig, I got $75. I could make money being funny, so I pursued it as a career and have turned it into a lucrative business.
I don't believe in storks. I know they don't deliver babies; they deliver pickles.
I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that.
Most people don't know what's happening around them because they're just speeding through life. And before they know it, they're just old. So I just try to slow it down.
I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host 'Saturday Night Live.'
I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.
My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.
I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.
I've gone through my trials and tribulations, and sure, it's gotten bumpy and all that, but I'm here. OK?
What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I'm a grown man. You don't gotta put on no makeup with me.
I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.
I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me.
I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip.
I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts.
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.
The version of me you see on TV now and in my feature films is a pretty happy guy, isn't he?
I'm a human being. I feel all emotions. I'm not just happy all the time. Sometimes, I'm sad and feel the blues. Sometimes I even want to feel the blues. Sometimes, you want to feel down.
I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.
I've got friends who want money but don't want to do anything to earn it.
When I want to work on my material, I go to Benihana or the barbershop.
I've played outrageous characters my whole career.
I'm glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn't be where I'm at. I would have had a net. I'm glad I didn't have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much harder.
Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.
I want to show the world my humor.
My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.
My voice is very distinct. People hear Tracy Morgan's voice, and they know Tracy Morgan right off the bat because I've been in their homes for so many years.
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.
I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of the Apes' every night.
Having boys is different. Boys, you put sneakers on, and they're out, they're ready. Girls, you gotta pay a little bit more attention to them.
What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.
I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy.
I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live.
I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.
