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Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.
Tracy Morgan
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Tracy Morgan
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: November 10
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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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I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me.
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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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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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When I'm in the mood to listen to music, I do like to go to the SkyBar [ L.A.].
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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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What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.
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Bones heal, but the loss of my friend will never heal.
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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.
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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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Live every week like it's shark week.
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Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.
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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 just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.
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I would love to try action films.
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My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career.
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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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You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.
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Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life.
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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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