Tracy Morgan

Actor

1968-11-10

Quotes by Tracy Morgan

• I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.

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• Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch.

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• People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.

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• 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.

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• I don't need no stool and mike stand. I don't need all of that to be funny. I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me. I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye.

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• I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.

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• Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out.

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• 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.

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• I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of the Apes' every night.

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• I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.

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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.

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• Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.

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• I've gone through my trials and tribulations, and sure, it's gotten bumpy and all that, but I'm here. OK?

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• To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

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• My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of 'The Color Purple.' It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same.

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• I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence.

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• The only person who knows what's in my wallet is my wife.

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• White women love me 'cause of my edge. And I love white women.

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• It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider.

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• Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

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