Quotes from Tracy Morgan


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


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.


Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate.


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


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.


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.


Stand-up don't get no respect - it's the hardest thing to do in show business. You don't have no band and there's no music.


I'm human, I feel, I understand. That's the highest level of love, is understanding - when you can understand someone, when you can love them with their flaws and their faults. So I understand, I consider. I may speak the truth, but I'll consider your feelings, too.


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.


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.


There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. You have your good days, and you have your bad days. If you're a housewife, you have your good days, and you have your bad days.


Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.


What you have to understand is that my thing is not glamour. I love stretch marks and C-section scars and all of that. I'm a grown man. You don't gotta put on no makeup with me.


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.


Bad news travels at the speed of light; good news travels like molasses.


We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say.


The paparazzi do what they do, man. They have a job, too.


I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.


And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.