Tracy Morgan Quotes

I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others.

I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.

I'm not afraid to move away from funny. I'm not afraid of that.

Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life.

I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.

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.

I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.

Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created.

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.

I would love to try action films.

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

I love being around people who love to do what I love to do, which is comedy.

I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.

Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.

What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.

Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.

Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.

I'm a big, big movie fan. I watch 'The Ten Commandments' and the original 'Planet of the Apes' every night.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

I don't really take the college tours and all that. Those are young people and I'm quite sure they're mature enough to understand, but they haven't seen or lived real life yet.

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.

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

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.

If we all had a little bit of Michael Jackson in us, I think it would make the world a better place.

I spread love wherever I'm at. I'm like Marvin Gaye.

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.

I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy.

Stand-up and comedy is the place where we are supposed to be able to make fun of all of the world's ills.

I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.

I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.

I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host Saturday Night Live.

If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned.

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.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.

Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.

I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life.

I want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny.

Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.

I'm around my kids every day. I'm regular. We're a regular family. My wife cooks, she washes clothes, I read books, I pump my own gas, I get my own hair cut.

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.

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.

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.

I want to show the world my humor.

If I had to describe my sense of humor, I would say it's contemporary wit, you know what I'm saying?

Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.