Tracy Morgan
Tracy Morgan
Tracy Jamal Morgan is an American actor and comedian best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Liveand for his role as Tracy Jordan in the comedy series 30 Rock. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009 for his work on 30 Rock. He has appeared in numerous films as an actor and voice actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth10 November 1968
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'm from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. So, you grow up around police officers. Some of them are in your family, some of them you have encounters with. I had a young police officer we were friends with in our group.
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.
Reality is the scary thing. Not my work, not comedy.
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.
I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.
As a child, I was able to know that I wanted a better life.
I don't do drama. I'm a comedian.