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" I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds. "
Tony Rock
Funny
Anything
Room
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" My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony. "
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Brother
Black
Comedy
" 'All Def' is unlike any other comedy show or set because 'All Def' goes back to the essence of how urban comedy started. We give it a 'stoop appeal.' A stoop appeal is important for us because it's where pretty much all black comics started doing their standup: cracking jokes on the stoop, in the hood. "
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Doing
Black
Comedy
" I'm a skinny kid from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. "
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Brooklyn
Kid
Skinny
" You know why kids don't eat fruits? Because fruits don't have any mascots. Every sugary cereal has a bear or a rabbit going , 'Kid! Eat it! Eat it, eat it, eat it!' You're a kid, you're like, 'I got to get that cereal.' "
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Eat
Why
Kid
" I hate when rappers do interviews. They say stuff like, 'If I wasn't doing this, I'd be dead or in jail.' Like, damn, those are the only two options? What about managing Kinkos? "
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Jail
Hate
Doing
" My family is just naturally funny. "
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Naturally
Just
Funny
" Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not prepared, I'm not afforded the luxury of, 'Oh, he's a little green.' It's, 'He's not talented,' where the next guy can have a bad day. "
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Bad Day
Luxury
Name
" Nobody needs a chitlin. "
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Nobody
Needs
" I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with their foods. "
Tony Rock
Love
Vacation
Want
" I talk to the audience like I talk to my friends on the stoop. "
Tony Rock
Talk
Friends
Audience
" If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters! "
Tony Rock
Listen
Happy
Like
" New York is home. It's so unique that there is no other place like it. "
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New
New York
Unique
" Everybody cheats on the Kardashians. "
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Everybody
Cheats
" I know I'm going to be doing standup for the rest of my life. "
Tony Rock
Going
Life
My Life
" People say an Oscar validates your career. No, it doesn't. There's more good actors without Oscars than there are with Oscars. "
Tony Rock
People
People Say
Say
" When I was growing up with Chris, I was the little brother that was kind of annoying: 'Can I come?' 'Get out of here.' 'Can I play?' 'Get out of here.' So that's our relationship. I just do my own thing. I leave him alone. "
Tony Rock
Relationship
Brother
Alone
" I was on the school bus telling Richard Pryor jokes. I was sneaking, listening to Richard Pryor albums and would go to school the next day, tell all the jokes, and get in trouble because I was cursing. "
Tony Rock
School
Listening
Trouble
" Never steal jokes. "
Tony Rock
Jokes
Never
Steal
" I have seven brothers and sisters, and they could all be standup comics! "
Tony Rock
Brothers
Seven
Brothers And Sisters
" We weren't rich by any means, but we had each other, so we were rich in family. When you don't have a lot, it just fuels that creativity. So it manifested in us doing characters of people in the neighborhood or doing impersonations of Mom and Dad. The comedy bug, it takes over. "
Tony Rock
Creativity
Family
Mom
" Every time I go onstage, it's a little less 'Chris Rock's brother.' "
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Little
Rock
Time
" I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings. "
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Always
Two
Think
" When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor, but the comic that had the most impact on me was always my brother Chris, who was in the next room. It was tangible. If Chris could make it, I could try. "
Tony Rock
Brother
Impact
Loved
" You got to be willing to be knocked out to win a fight. You got to be willing to get booed off the stage to get a standing ovation. "
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Standing
Fight
Got
" If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me. "
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Appreciate
End
Rock
" I saw my father every day of my childhood. "
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Day
Saw
Father
" I never knew I was poor until I got older because we just had so much fun. I thought everyone had grilled cheese night and that everyone had Cup-O-Noodles for dinner on Fridays. "
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Thought
Night
Got
" Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you. "
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Name
Your
Ask
" I've always been into stand-up, and I always wanted to be a comic because it was like the dream job as a kid, and my brother, being the patriarch, he paved the way. "
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Brother
Way
Kid
" Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental. "
Tony Rock
People
Industry
Laugh