Tony Rock

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

Trouble was almost inevitable. I grew up with so many at-risk kids. Kids had things go wrong.

— Tony Rock

My favorite comics are the ones who say funny stuff but also give you the message. They give you the laughter, but…

— Tony Rock

If my sisters like something I do, then I'm very happy with it. I only listen to my sisters!

— Tony Rock

I haven't been offstage for more than two days since I started doing comedy.

— Tony Rock

I love to eat. I'm a foodie, and when I'm on vacation, I want to be a foodie with their culture, with…

— Tony Rock

When you're doing standup, it's just you. It's your written jokes. You perform it however your personality is.

— Tony Rock

My family is just naturally funny.

— Tony Rock

I know I'm going to be doing standup for the rest of my life.

— Tony Rock

Women do so much aesthetically to attract men that they sometimes overlook the simple things, like cooking.

— Tony Rock

When I was growing up, I was really into comedy. I listened to a lot of comedy albums. I loved Richard Pryor,…

— Tony Rock

Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, 'Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too 'ard.' Sneak into the country Sunday night,…

— Tony Rock

Sometimes I might get in the door a little quicker than somebody else because of my last name. But if I'm not…

— Tony Rock

Once school let out every year, my siblings and I would get packed into a station wagon to drive to South Carolina…

— Tony Rock

I went to a wedding in St. Maarten, and we took a boat ride over to Anguilla for a day. We went…

— Tony Rock

I talk to the audience like I talk to my friends on the stoop.

— Tony Rock

I keep saying this - and I keep putting it off because I get busy - but I keep saying one year…

— Tony Rock

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But…

— Tony Rock

You know why kids don't eat fruits? Because fruits don't have any mascots. Every sugary cereal has a bear or a rabbit…

— Tony Rock

My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony.

— Tony Rock

My older brothers have their own children, and they have to go to soccer practice and football practice on the weekends. They're…

— Tony Rock

Who's been loyal to a Kardashain?

— Tony Rock

We weren't rich by any means, but we had each other, so we were rich in family. When you don't have a…

— Tony Rock

It's too expensive to eat healthy. You ever go to Whole Foods? A carrot is, like, seven dollars. McDonald's got double cheeseburgers…

— Tony Rock

I can make anything in the room funny in a few seconds.

— Tony Rock