I PITY DA FOOL WHO DON’T READ THIS INTERVIEW! YOU SCARED, AINTCHA? AINTCHA?
If I couldn’t read, I wouldn’t have gotten the part in Rocky III. If you can’t read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady! I’m an inspiration, because I’m a product of the ghetto. I was born and raised in the ghetto. But the ghetto wasn’t born and raised in me. I come from a family of 12. I’ve got seven brothers and four sisters. I never robbed nobody, I never raped nobody, I didn’t use drugs. That’s the message I give to the kids now: “What’s slowing you down? Why can’t you make it? You can make it if you want.” I love and respect my mother, and that’s the message I tell the kids?white kids, black kids, whatever. They need to know that Mr. T is real, and that’s the advantage we have. Batman, Rifleman, Superman, Iron Man, Tin Man, they might be nice guys, but they’re not real. [etc etc etc]
Mr. T rules:
Right now, I’m free. I can say it like it is. If I run for president, people will say, “No, Mr. T, don’t write about drugs, you’re the president.” Politics, they make strange bedfellows, with deals and whatnot. I couldn’t be a president. It ain’t worth the headache or the pressure. The money’s too low, and all that stuff. There’s stuff that’d make me dangerous. I’m educated.
Loads more where that came from:
I go out and see a kid grabbing his crotch. Ain’t nobody telling them that. Where do they get it from? They watch MTV. I say, “If you wash up more often, you won’t have to grab your crotch.” I’m telling these guys, “Why you gotta grab your crotch?” Then you see Michael Jackson grabbing his crotch 50 times. What’s with him? Dangerous stuff.