Top 244 Quotes & Sayings by Tracy Morgan - Page 2

I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.

I think it's good that I get scared because, if you never get scared, you don't have any need for guts.

My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.

You have to give a wound time to heal and think of other people's feelings.

Whatever I did on 'Saturday Night Live' is going to stay and remain on 'Saturday Night Live.'

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

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.

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.

I know my spirit is not mean, and I have a very good spirit and a funny spirit.

We need to learn to laugh at ourselves because when you don't laugh, you cry. And I don't feel like crying.

When I want to work on my material, I go to Benihana or the barbershop.

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.

I do comedy for real people.

I have a nice following in Boston. The Boston crowd is very hip.

No one set that I ever do is the same. I mean, if I go to a comedy club, and I perform three sets, all three sets are different because anything can happen in between sets.

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'm glad I dropped out of high school, man. I wouldn't be where I'm at. I would have had a net. I'm glad I didn't have anything to fall back on, man, because that made me go for my dreams that much harder.

Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here, and it's doing well. Turn on the news. I don't think me and my comedy can really change that.

Where I came from, people couldn't afford to go to the theatre.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

I want to show the world my humor.

If you're the kind of person who likes numbers and statistics, I'm the long shot - the Lotto Powerball winner. I'm the mutation in the DNA that makes evolution a reality. I am the new black.

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

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

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

You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got a little something in us.

I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence.

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.

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.

If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at.

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.

It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider.

My fans would love to see Brian Fellow come back. I love my fans. And they like my edge.

Even when I'm sitting up in this glass castle, I still got my street soldiers telling me what's happening.

I'm not perfect, but I strive for it.

I think hip hop is dead. It's all pop now. If you call it hip hop, then you need to stop. Hip hop was a movement. Hip hop was a culture. Hip hop was a way of life. It's all commercial now.

When you see me on the street, act like you know me.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

Most people don't know what's happening around them because they're just speeding through life. And before they know it, they're just old. So I just try to slow it down.

I'm art. You're art. We are God's greatest works, simple as that.

Whenever I perform, people get me because I'm talking about things that people can identify with and relate to. I'm not just up there doing jokey, jokey, joke.

The version of me you see on TV now and in my feature films is a pretty happy guy, isn't he?

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

'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.

Michael's the ultimate entertainer. After Michael Jackson, it's Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Bruce Lee.

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

White women love me 'cause of my edge. And I love white women.

I do my best creating on stage.

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!

My voice is very distinct. People hear Tracy Morgan's voice, and they know Tracy Morgan right off the bat because I've been in their homes for so many years.

Most creative thing I've ever done? Got somebody pregnant.

Ladies are honest. They're my motivation. They know what's funny, and the dudes just follow.

What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment.

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

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

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.

People are just way too sensitive. You couldn't have a show like 'Archie Bunker' on TV. People would go crazy; they would lose their minds.

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.

If you can get your life down to one minute at a time, you don't miss anything. You have total abundance of information and material.