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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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Tracy Morgan
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: November 10
Actor
Autobiographer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Voice Actor
The Bronx
New York City
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.
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I want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny.
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I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.
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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 do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.
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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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As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.
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If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.
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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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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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I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me.
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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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