Tracy Morgan Quotes

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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.

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Career, Being Funny, Turned, Gig

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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Pond, Mike, Mike Tyson, Jay-Z

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

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Career, May, Oscar, I May Not

The paparazzi do what they do, man. They have a job, too.

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Job, Man, Too, Paparazzi

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us.

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Grandmother, Gotta, German, African-American

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.

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People, Too Much, Lives, Messages

Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.

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Motivation, Honest, Dudes, Ladies

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

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Love, Week, Over, Tina

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.

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People, Giving, Everybody, Reciprocate

If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler.

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Play, Will, Gamble, Roulette

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

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Think, Saturday, I Think, Morgan

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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Touch, Raining, Very, Morgan

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

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Cool, Subdued, Chilled, Morgan

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.

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Voice, Been, Very, Morgan

On 'Saturday Night Live,' I never really wrote. You know, I would just - I would let the writers cast me into the show. So my strength - and I put all my energies into performance. I just couldn't deal with the rejection, you know, getting your sketches cut, and it was hard for me.

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Deal, Saturday, Cut, Energies

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.

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Love, Makeup, Gotta, Glamour

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.

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Other, Chip, Mommy, Shoulder

There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold.

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Everybody, Lot, Sold, Branded

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.

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Frank, Ultimate, Bruce Lee, None

You have to give a wound time to heal and think of other people's feelings.

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Think, Give, Wound, Heal

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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Big, Ten Commandments, Movie, Big Movie

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

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Monkey, Comedians, Everybody, Monkeys

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

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Through, Incredible, Over, Billboard

Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.

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Business, Show, Stand-Up, No Respect

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!

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Thought, Why, Michael Jordan, Jordan

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.

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Love, Feel, Highest Level, Flaws

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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Movie, Guy, TV, Odds

I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love Jimmy Fallon. He's my dude.

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Love, Against, I Love, Dude

There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. You have your good days, and you have your bad days. If you're a housewife, you have your good days, and you have your bad days.

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Ups And Downs, Bad, Downs, Ups

I got five kids - I claim three for income tax purposes.

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Tax, Income, Purposes, Claim

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