296 Quotes by Tracy Morgan

The actors are different, although I didn't set out to be different. My inspiration came from people like Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. The genre is what it is. My inspiration was drawn from great movies like 48 Hours, Bad Boys and Rush Hour.

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.

Make your judgments and then you don't have to worry about it. You're always going to have those people who are offended about every little thing.

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.

My father was the role model I looked up. 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.

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

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

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

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.