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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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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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I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others.
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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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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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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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If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.
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Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.
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Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.
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I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.
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Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.
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My father said: If you want to catch your girl cheating, you knock on the front door and run to the back, because he's coming out the back.
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I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work.
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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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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.
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A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then.
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