"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."
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"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."
"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."
"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."
"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'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."
"Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy."
"Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius."
"I just want to be funny, I just want to do comedy."
"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 want to let my fans know I love them and I'm coming your way and I'm bringing truckloads of funny."
"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."
"I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together."
"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."
"If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned."
"I think people would want to see Tracy Morgan host Saturday Night Live."
"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."
"You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing."
"I don't do drama. I'm a comedian."