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" White women love me 'cause of my edge. And I love white women. "

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" 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. "

" People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right. "

" When Richard Pryor did comedy, it was like he was having a conversation. "

" That's a gift God's given us: the ability to work together in collaborations. "

" Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that. "

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

" Of all the sicknesses, there is probably none more abusive than homophobia. "

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

Freedom Of Speech

" 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. "

" Growing up in the ghetto is pretty hard. It's poverty; it's frustration. "

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

" If I make fun of somebody at my show, believe me, it's something we can all laugh at. "

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

" If I gamble, I'll play roulette. My wife and I will play roulette, and that's about it. I'm not a heavy gambler. "

" I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them. "

" When I want to work on my material, I go to Benihana or the barbershop. "

" America doesn't like to hear about things like welfare. 'Don't talk about that. We don't like what it did to people!' Yeah, but it happened. "

" I do my best creating on stage. "

" Most people don't know what's happening around them because they're just speeding through life. And before they know it, they're just old. So I just try to slow it down. "

" I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me. "

" Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life. Trauma. "

" Life smacks Tracy Morgan in the face, and I don't mean to talk in third party, but no, it doesn't stop raining when I come outside, no, absolutely not. I'm very in touch. "

" The sexiest part of a woman's body is the back of her kneecaps. "

" If you can survive 'Saturday Night Live,' then you're good as far as show business is concerned. "

" I have the person at home, the person who has his privacy, too. Michael Jackson didn't do the moonwalk in his kitchen. "