So it was a rare thing for you to come out and declare something like that. Yeah. I love pushing the envelope. Some people might get offended, but most people loved it. And I was the one who said it! How cool is that? Tracy Morgan said, "Black is the new president."

When people see you on the street, what character do they bring up most often? Brian Fellows. I did a movie with Ice Cube called First Sunday, and they bring up that character, LeeJohn. My core audience remembers Hustle Man. And Biscuit. My first character that I ever played was called Biscuit. My first TV show. You also host Scare Tactics on the Sci Fi Channel.

What's the scariest thing you've ever seen? The scariest thing I've ever seen was the IRS in my building. Thought they were coming for me. But I'm a good boy. I pay my taxes.

What's scarier: Aliens or ghosts? I don't believe in none of them motherfuckers. What's scarier is real human beings. Human beings are the ones that are scary.

Since that show is on the Sci Fi Channel, are you willing to appear at sci-fi conventions? If I had time I'd do it, because deep down I'm sci-fi myself. Planet of the Apes. Godzilla vs. Megalon. All of that. But it's fun. It's a different audience. And I get to be Rod Serling. You're seeing me in a different light.

Your live TV appearances are legendary. Do you have an idea of what you're going to do or say, or do you just wing it? I just wing it, man. That's just me being me. There's no alcohol, no weed. Sometimes on the Web sites people might say, "Tracy's drunk. But that's all me. When I get drunk, I get quiet. And I haven't had a drink in a year. I don't mess around no more. I don't ever mess with the gift.

It's probably because you never seem like you're doing material. It seems like— Conversation? Because that's where I come from. My sense of humor is based in reality. It's like basting a turkey, you know? My sense of humor is the turkey, but I baste it in reality. When I was younger, I did a lot of written material. But that was a learning ground. It was based on my imagination. Now, a lot of it is based on my observation. What I see every day.

You started doing stand-up at the Apollo. After that, can anything intimidate you? I got booed at the Apollo, man. Can't nothing fuck with me. Let me tell you something: Way before show business, I was making motherfuckers coming home from 25-to-life laugh. So I know I'm a funny motherfucker. I make fucking sociopaths laugh. That's where we come from. We know motherfuckers doing years in the hundreds. So where we come from, ain't nothing much to laugh about, but we found it. I knew just how far to push people without being murdered because in the hood, people are sensitive. So now that I'm making this money, if cats snap on me in the hood, I just let it go. Because I got it. So what does that look like, me snapping on someone who ain't got it, giving him a reason to kill me? No matter what color you are, people hate famous and rich people. Most people avoid success. Most people are smarter than any job they ever had, but they avoid success because when you're successful, people hate you and envy you. And most people want other people to love them. But I don't give a fuck–you can hate me now.

A lot of people think that when a comedian becomes successful, he grows detached from the reality that made him successful in the first place. Ever feel that? No. My people won't let me. That's the one thing they're stubborn about, they won't let me fake it. I got to stay me, all the way through.

So you've always been the funny one? I've been funny my whole life. That was a gift that God gave me, when I was an angel up in heaven, before I even got here. I used to make him crack up. But I got into show business because I felt like it was a good way to get girls. It was just us, going to the shows, making girls laugh and getting pussy. Then it turned into a business, and we were like, "Oh, shit! We can get paid!"

You're working on the movie Nailed with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel. It had a pretty rough shoot. There were reports it was shut down. Yeah, it was one of those things, man. Unprecedented. The movie was shut down seven times. But it was incredible.

Director David O. Russell has a rep for being…difficult. Yeah, well, he has his process. I love him. He was cool with me.

Is it true your character suffers from a prolapsed anus? Yeah. I thought that was funny as a motherfucker, your asshole hanging out the whole movie

What did you do to research? Talk to anyone with a prolapsed anus? Hell, no! I don't want anybody that's ever had a prolapsed anus around me. You mean your fucking asshole bust out? I don't want you around me. What the fuck were you doing to make your asshole drop out? If you ain't have a baby, something happened.

Is there anyone in your family you can't make laugh? My oldest son, Gitrid Morgan. He never laughs. Don't even appreciate a good sense of humor. Serious motherfucker.