If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‘actor.’ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.
MR. TWWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can’t even get into his own Hall of Fame.
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Life guided me to being a bodyguard, protecting people, then in the movies, so I’m happy with everything because basically all I ever wanted to do was be a good son and take care of my mother.
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I love performing, you know, because, like I say, I’m a ham for this stuff.
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I pray to God. I don’t pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that’s the end of it.
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As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
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You’ll never have any trouble with Mr. T, I’m just a big, calm teddy bear kind of guy. Mr. T ain’t ashamed to cry.
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If you gonna wear the mohawk, you stick with it. You don’t just be dibby-dabbing. You make up your mind.
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NBC had a show called ‘The Toughest Bouncer in America’ that I did. But I told them I didn’t like that term, ‘bouncer.’.
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To me, it’s offensive. A bouncer likes to get physical, likes to put his hands on people.
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My mother never cursed at home; my father never cursed at home. My father didn’t drink. Even though we were poor, we would say a blessing over the table. So that’s who I am.
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If every man loves his mother, he’s going to treat the ladies right, with love and respect.
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I’m a mama’s boy because everything I do is with respect to my mother.
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This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.
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To the women and children, T stands for tender. To the bad guys and thugs, it stands for tough.
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Any man who doesn’t love his mama can’t be no friend of mine.
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When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‘Mister,’ a sign of respect.
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