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Tony Rock
American
Actor
Born:
Jun 30
,
1974
Comedy
Day
Every
People
Time
You
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You can live with diabetes. It's not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control.
Tony Rock
You
Yourself
Diabetes
Control
Live
Worst
Worst Thing
Some
Self
Self-Control
Manage
Thing
It's part of the gift and the curse of coming behind my brother. I'm not afforded the luxury of just taking a set casual, taking the night off. Because if I bomb, it's, 'Oh, he's not funny - he's just doing it because of his brother.'
Tony Rock
Funny
Gift
Luxury
Brother
Casual
He
Part
Taking
Because
Coming
Doing
His
Off
Afforded
Behind
Oh
Just
Curse
Bomb
Night
Set
Like everybody, I started out doing 'bringer' shows - the kind where if you show up with a certain number of people, you get to perform. Sometimes I would actually pay strangers off the street to come in and see my set.
Tony Rock
You
People
Sometimes
Pay
Strangers
Everybody
Out
Kind
Would
See
Perform
Come
Like
Doing
Off
Up
Get
Where
Certain
Show
Shows
Street
Actually
Started
Number
Set
If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might be in the audience.
Tony Rock
You
Comedy
Laugh
Minutes
Factory
Never
Know
Audience
Improv
Store
Might
Who
Even
Helps
Two
I don't understand why black people feel this undying need to want to be down with white people all the time.
Tony Rock
Time
People
Black
White
Down
Feel
Understand
Want
Why
Need
I was depressed for a long time.
Tony Rock
Time
Long
Long Time
Depressed
Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you.
Tony Rock
You
Frank
Name
How
How Far
Gets
Far
Ask
Your
It's too expensive to eat healthy. You ever go to Whole Foods? A carrot is, like, seven dollars. McDonald's got double cheeseburgers for a dollar.
Tony Rock
You
Healthy
Too
Seven
Carrot
Eat
Foods
Like
Got
Go
Dollar
Dollars
Expensive
McDonald
Double
Whole
Whole Foods
Ever
I know I'm going to be doing standup for the rest of my life.
Tony Rock
Life
Rest
My Life
Know
Doing
Going
Standup
When you're doing standup, it's just you. It's your written jokes. You perform it however your personality is.
Tony Rock
You
Jokes
Personality
Written
Perform
Doing
However
Just
Your
Standup
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.
Tony Rock
Day
Sometimes
Luxury
Bad Day
Somebody
Else
Bad
Guy
He
Name
Talented
Because
Quicker
Than
Green
Get
Afforded
Oh
Where
Door
Little
Might
Next
Prepared
Last
I talk about everything - politics, the economy; the news will give you more material than you can ever use. But relationships? That's the ongoing battle. You talk about men and women, and across-the-board everyone can relate to that.
Tony Rock
Politics
News
You
Women
Battle
Will
Men
Men And Women
Relate
Relationships
Everyone
Everything
About
Give
Ongoing
More
Economy
Talk
Material
Than
Use
Ever
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.
Tony Rock
Cheese
Thought
Dinner
Older
Everyone
Never
Had
Knew
Until
Because
Got
Just
So Much Fun
Poor
Much
Fun
Night
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.
Tony Rock
Job
Way
Kid
Dream
Brother
He
Like
Because
Always
Comic
Been
Being
Wanted
Paved
I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.
Tony Rock
Funny
Few
Seconds
Make
Anything
Room
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.
Tony Rock
Life
Experience
Walk
Thought
Girl
My Life
First
Stage
Other
Back
Horrible
About
Kissing
Onstage
Had
Excited
Knew
Like
Most
Got
How
Comics
Been
Than
Get
Anything
Again
Room
Ever
Funnier
Regular people laugh harder. Industry people are stuffy, very judgmental.
Tony Rock
People
Laugh
Industry
Judgmental
Very
Regular
Regular People
Harder
If I modeled myself after anybody, it probably would have been Richard Pryor.
Tony Rock
Myself
Would
Been
Modeled
Pryor
Anybody
After
Richard
Richard Pryor
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
Mom
Family
You
Creativity
People
Comedy
Rich
Other
Neighborhood
Characters
Had
Takes
Over
Bug
Doing
Were
Lot
Any
Just
Manifested
Fuels
Us
Means
Mom And Dad
Each
Dad
If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters!
Tony Rock
Happy
Something
Only
Like
Very
Sisters
Listen
Then
My older brothers have their own children, and they have to go to soccer practice and football practice on the weekends. They're doing their thing and on the weekends, and I'm on the road. The busier we get, the less time we get to see each other. That's why, when we see each other, it's really, really kind of special.
Tony Rock
Time
Practice
Own
Older
Other
Kind
See
Brothers
Weekends
Football
Road
Doing
Go
Get
Children
Soccer
Busier
Really
Less
Special
Less Time
Each
Older Brothers
Why
Thing
Trouble was almost inevitable. I grew up with so many at-risk kids. Kids had things go wrong.
Tony Rock
Trouble
Inevitable
Kids
At-Risk
Had
Wrong
Almost
Go
Up
Grew
Many
Things
I went to a wedding in St. Maarten, and we took a boat ride over to Anguilla for a day. We went to a beach that had the whitest sand I had ever seen before in my life. I was in the water up to the middle of my chest and could still see my feet. It was the clearest water.
Tony Rock
Life
Day
Ride
Water
My Life
Seen
Before
Took
See
Beach
Wedding
Could
Had
Clearest
Over
Feet
Still
Chest
Up
Middle
Sand
Boat
Ever
My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony.
Tony Rock
Love
Comedy
Black
Nurtured
Kid
Brother
Named
Little
Stand-Up Comedy
Skinny
Tony
My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but there's also the, 'Mmm - I didn't take that into consideration.'
Tony Rock
Funny
You
Laughter
Funny Stuff
Consideration
Say
Favorite
Give
Take
Stuff
Also
Message
Comics
Who
Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday morning.
Tony Rock
Work
Morning
You
Sunday
Country
Monday
Too
Hey
Sunday Night
Easy
Take
Like
Mexicans
Sneak
Working
Hard
Monday Morning
Night
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