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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: 55
Born: 1968
Born: November 10
Actor
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The Bronx
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Tracy Jamal Morgan
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I'm not focused on the outrageousness. I'm just focused on being funny, and raising my kids. I don't even read the newspaper, I don't read that crap.
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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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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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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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I never wanted the ha-ha-ha laughter [at my shows]. I always aimed for the gut. I always aimed for the pretty girls in the front row, laughing and leaning over and pooting.
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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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Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.
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I'm old, and so busy with work, that I like to just stay home and get my sleep now. I try not to burn both ends of the candle.
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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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I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work.
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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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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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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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Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.
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The things I did on Saturday Night Live are going to stay as Saturday Night Live. You've never seen Eddie Murphy do a Gumby movie. There's a lot more new material inside of me.
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I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.
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Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit.
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I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy.
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As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.
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