Charlie Murphy

“My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from.”

“I went into the military because I wanted to get an education, not because I wanted to fight anybody.”

“I don't think there's a person in the industry that wouldn't love to work with Dave Chappelle. That's a no-brainer.”

“While I have been to Switzerland, Stockholm, and other parts of Europe and Canada, I don't have a specific place that is my favorite. I just represent Earth.”

“If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't deserve to laugh at anybody else.”

“Comedy has bits, has jokes, has stories, and it has characters.”

“I was a bodyguard for somebody I love. That's not a good combination. I was always ready to beat somebody up.”

“If you look at my acting career, I never played a role that was similar to anything my brother played. I was always cast as the bad guy or a gangster, because my brother didn't do those kind of roles.”

“My name is Charlie Murphy. I was born into this name, and I've been rolling how I've been rolling my whole life.”

“I bombed in front of 5,000 people. Anybody that's ever stood in front of 5,000 people that don't like them can tell you, it's an energy associated with that. You don't want to feel that. You ask yourself, 'Do you really really want to do this?'”

“What I'm pretty much giving you when you see me onstage is me; it's not a fake character.”

“My whole life is a funny moment, man.”

“Every barbershop has a guy who wrecks shop every time he comes in. He has the whole barbershop laughing. That doesn't mean he's a comedian.”

“If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller.”

“Prior to the 'Chappelle's Show,' you know, no one would even listen to me, in the frame of, 'Oh, he is trying to be funny.'”

“When I was nine years old, I was in a movie called, 'Landlord' with Pearl Bailey, Lou Gossett, and Beau Bridges.”

“Several of my uncles are comedians. My father is a comedian; my grandfather was known for his jokes. It definitely runs in the family.”

“Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.”

“I like to tease people. I hate when people do it to me, though.”

“Eddie had the perfect template of what not to do. His big brother did all the wrong things.”