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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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Tracy Morgan
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: November 10
Actor
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Television Actor
Voice Actor
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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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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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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Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.
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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 love 30 Rock because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.
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I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me.
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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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Outside of show business, I live a normal life.
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I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others.
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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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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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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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Don't follow in my footsteps. Be original, and create your own path. Be a trailblazer! Do you! Be better than me. Do you! Be happy and have joy in your life.
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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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I would love to try action films.
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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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I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.
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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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I don't even deal with politics. I just don't believe in them. I think politics are politricks. My whole thing is power to the people. I don't put my faith in any one man. I keep my faith in God. That's where I keep my faith.
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