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" Having boys is different. Boys, you put sneakers on, and they're out, they're ready. Girls, you gotta pay a little bit more attention to them. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" All women like to look up to their men. "

" I've played outrageous characters my whole career. "

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

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

" I would love to try action films. "

" I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that. "

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

" Stand-up is my foundation. That's where it started at. And I love it because it's personal. It's mine. It's all me. It's my experience in life. "

" A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then. "

" My life growing up was a twisted Bronx version of 'The Color Purple.' It had a much different soundtrack and no trees, but that desperation was the same. "

" 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. "

" There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold. "

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

" 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. "

" The most romantic thing I ever did to my woman? I painted her toenails! "

" Being funny wasn't a career choice growing up, it was my way out of situations; a way to survive another day. "

" 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. "

" If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people. "

" I love working with Alec Baldwin. He's one of the five greatest actors ever to live. "

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

" I don't even read the newspaper; I don't read that crap. "

" I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy. "

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

" In New York, we get down. In L.A., everybody's pretty much standing around like they're at a keg stand. You got to get the party started, so I just take my shirt off. "

" 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. "

" Anybody who's lived in the ghetto knows that you don't move during the daytime. Here's why: You don't want anyone to know you're leaving, and you don't want anyone knowing where you're going. "

" Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing. "

" I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical. "