Tracy Morgan
They say that every Jewish person is supposed to love one black person in his life. I'm glad Lorne Michaels chose me.Collection: Love
We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say.Collection: Freedom
I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.Collection: Morning
My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.Collection: Humor
Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.Collection: Good
I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider. All of them are predators. They are dangerous but it's cool to have strong and powerful pets.Collection: Cool
I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.Collection: Anger
I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.Collection: Age
You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.Collection: Smile
If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?Collection: Humor
People live too much of their lives on email or the Internet or text messages these days. We're losing all of our communication skills.Collection: Communication
The most romantic thing I ever did to my woman? I painted her toenails!Collection: Romantic
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.Collection: Anger
As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.
If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.
I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at all. Why should I? People are people. There's no reason why one person can't relate to any other person on this planet in some way or another.
I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy.
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.
I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.
It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.
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.
Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. You have to see how you're carrying yourself because there's a little girl. There's not a little boy, there's a little girl. I think I'm a little more overprotective.
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.
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.
I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host 'Saturday Night Live.'
'Saturday Night Live' is live television. Nothing can compare to that.
Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.
I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.
Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.
If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.
There's nothing in the world like live entertainment. With TV, you have to wait for your results; with live entertainment, people let you know right then and there. That relationship is established in 30 seconds. The first 30 seconds, they'll let you know whether they like you or not.
My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.
God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my kids, I say everything that I've ever went through in my life was worthwhile.
When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.
Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.
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!
Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch.
On 'Saturday Night Live,' I never really wrote. You know, I would just - I would let the writers cast me into the show. So my strength - and I put all my energies into performance. I just couldn't deal with the rejection, you know, getting your sketches cut, and it was hard for me.
I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.
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.
Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.'
I'm a human being. I feel all emotions. I'm not just happy all the time. Sometimes, I'm sad and feel the blues. Sometimes I even want to feel the blues. Sometimes, you want to feel down.
I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts.
What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.
Even when I'm sitting up in this glass castle, I still got my street soldiers telling me what's happening.
Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out.
My older brother was born, who was a cripple, then I was born, and my sister was born, the only girl. So I was between the only girl and the crippled guy. I was the middle guy.
You have to give a wound time to heal and think of other people's feelings.
Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.
I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.