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And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.
Tracy Morgan
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Tracy Morgan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: November 10
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The Bronx
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Tracy Jamal Morgan
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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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Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.
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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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If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.
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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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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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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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I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.
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Bones heal, but the loss of my friend will never heal.
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I'm not really struggling about my career. The struggles are in my personal life. I can't really pinpoint how long it took me to get where I'm at, and I didn't care how long it was going to take, because it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
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I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.
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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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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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If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.
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What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.
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Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind.
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Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy.
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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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I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.
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Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.
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