Tracy Morgan Quotes

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.

People walked out on Richard Pryor and he's the funniest man alive.

I love this cornbread so much, I wanna take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant.

I would love to try action films.

To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

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.

The truth is if I had a gay son, I would love him just as much as if he was straight… I might have to try to love even more because I know of the difficulty that he would have in society.

I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.

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.

I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.

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.

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day.

I'm not really struggling about my career. The struggles are in my personal life. I can't really pinpoint how long it took me to get where I'm at, and I didn't care how long it was going to take, because it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.

I love "30 Rock" because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week.

Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

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 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.

Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind.

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

I've been funny my whole life. This is a gift God gave me.

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

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.

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

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

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

I deal with my sons like young men. If they have a problem with something, they come to me. I am the type of dad that will drop everything I am doing for them, and always tell them to talk to me about it.

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.

I'm very giving. Even if it's for nonsense, I'll give it to you.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

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.

They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you should take it captive. Beat that s*** down. I've got opportunity tied to a chair in my basement with a ball gag in its mouth. Opportunity ain't even thinking about leaving my house. If you keep quiet for a second, you'll hear it whining.

I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.

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

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

Stand-up is mine. It's a part of me.

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.

You will be surprised but I do a lot of studying and I watch National Geographic.