American - Actor | June 30, 1974 -
I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.
Tony Rock
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My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.
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I'm a skinny kid from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
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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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If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.
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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.
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Nothing's given in the Rock family.
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If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters!
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Trouble was almost inevitable. I grew up with so many at-risk kids. Kids had things go wrong.
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I saw my father every day of my childhood.
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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.
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What amazes me is that the whole world is fascinated by Kim Kardashian. What's her talent?
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