Mr. T

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Mr. T (born Laurence Tureaud, May 21, 1952) is an actor mostly known for his roles in the 1980s television series The A-Team and as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III.

I pity the fool...
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Quotes from personal life

  • As a kid, I got three meals a day. Oatmeal, miss-a-meal and no meal.
  • I am the best bodyguard, because I'll take a bullet, I'll take a stab wound, I'll take a hit upside the head; I'm like a Kamikaze pilot; The President got shot because his men relaxed.
    • Mr. T, in Sept. 1983 issue of Playboy
  • I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... Rules.
  • When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.
  • For 5 years Mr. T disappeared. Fools went unpittied and Jibber-Jabber went unchallenged!
    • Mr. T, talking about his fight with cancer
  • It takes a smart guy to play dumb.
    • Response to the question "Are you as thick as BA?" at a press conference
  • I remember one time I tried to pity this fool. He told me his name was Jeff. He was married. He pulled out his wallet and showed me three pictures of his kids; Kelly, Robert, Brittany. Real cute kids. Don't get too close man. It's hard to pity a fool if you get too close.
  • I pity the university for not giving T enough time. You know I got all duded up, got dressed, the students were all ready for me, then they gave me short time. So I pity them. So if they want to be unpitied, they'll invite me back and give me more time.
    • Mr.T while speaking at UCLA 5/9/2002
  • I think about my father being called 'boy,' my uncle being called 'boy,' my brother, coming back from Vietnam and being called 'boy.' So I questioned myself: 'What does a black man have to do before he's given the respect as a man?' So when I was 18 years old, when I was old enough to fight and die for my country, old enough to drink, old enough to vote, I said I was old enough to be called a man. I self-ordained myself Mr. T so the first word out of everybody's mouth is 'Mr.' That's a sign of respect that my father didn't get, that my brother didn't get, that my mother didn't get.
  • You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans
  • I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn't want to win to buy a diamond – I didn't have no diamonds then. I didn't want to win to buy a car, I didn't want to win to bring a couple of chicks downtown to a hotel. I wanted to win to feed the poor people of the community
    • Mr.T speaking about winning the America's Toughest Bouncer contest
  • I tell people that I was born and raised in the ghetto, but the ghetto was not born and raised in me.
  • When you see me now, I'm nothing but a big overgrown tough mama's boy. And I speak with that glee because the problem with society is we don't have enough mama's boys
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Quotes from acting

  • Do you know me? Of course you do. Cause I'm famous! (Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool)
  • Hey, you with the teeth... (Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool)
  • Hey, everybody gotta’ wear clothes and if you don’t you get arrested (Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool)
  • No, I don't hate Balboa. I pity the fool. --Rocky III
  • First name Mr, middle name fullstop (in USA, read 'period'), last name T
  • Hey, sucka!
  • Shut up Murdock, crazy fool!
  • I ain't getting on no plane, Hannibal!
  • Where's the meat? This sandwich is full of weeds! I ain't eatin' nothing I don't understand!
  • I got no time for the jibba-jabba.
  • Don't make me mad, Arrr!
  • I pity the fool, thug, or soul who tries to take over the world.
  • Shut up, fool!
  • What!?! Idiot shot the tires on my van!!
  • Be there! (NBC promotional spot, 1983)
  • Mother, I always Love Her. My Mother. So treat Her right, treat Her right.
  • It's a crack baby....FOOL (Mr.T and the T-Force issue#1)
  • Calvin Klein and Gloria Vanderbilt don't wear clothes with your name on it, so why should you wear their name? --Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool!
  • Anger - use it, but don't lose it! --Be Somebody or Be Somebody's Fool!
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