As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
My background is part of my comedy. Your experiences are where the jokes come from. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I wasn't drawn to comedy: it was drawn to me - from fighting in school to going to jail, then joining the… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Other comedians got love for me. But don't get it twisted - I'm not a clown, I'm a comedian and work hard… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
One thing helps the other. My stand-up helps my writing; my writing helps my stand-up; my stand-up helps my acting. They're all… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Most actors can't write. Most writers can't act. Most comedians can't act. I can do all three, so why wouldn't I do… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't deserve to laugh at anybody else. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
When I first started doing comedy, I was 42 years old, and I was the brother of one of the most celebrated… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
There's no one on the road that I tried to pattern myself after. There's no one in history that I tried to… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Before stand-up, I didn't even have an agent. Once I started doing stand-up - boom. I got an agent. In fact, I… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Before I started doing standup, I knew that I had what it takes to develop an act. I went down to clubs… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
If the 'Chappelle's Show' had stayed on, I seriously doubt I would have developed this fast as a stand-up comedian. I probably… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I look at the world and I find the funny in it, because there's funny in everything. No matter how ugly it… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
A comic's like anybody else - he does what he does to support himself and feed his family. But if a comic… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
You have comedians who just do jokes, and they're called comics, not comedians. You have comedians that do bits - a person… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Every barbershop has a guy who wrecks shop every time he comes in. He has the whole barbershop laughing. That doesn't mean… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
In the Navy, you're around a lot of people from different parts of the country. They've got different accents, different upbringings. I learned to… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I have people tell me all the time, 'I was expecting you to be mean.' Why is that? Because you saw me in a… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I think I have had a remarkable and colorful life, so I decided to share it. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I have a very good talent at finding out exactly what it is about yourself that you don't like and then keep bringing it… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I protected Eddie. He never had to fight, because people knew who his older brother was. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
My name is Charlie Murphy. I was born into this name, and I've been rolling how I've been rolling my whole life. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
One thing helps the other. My stand-up helps my writing; my writing helps my stand-up; my stand-up helps my acting. They're all interlocked. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I went into the military because I wanted to get an education, not because I wanted to fight anybody. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
A comic's like anybody else - he does what he does to support himself and feed his family. But if a comic says the… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I was always proud of my brother. He helped me tremendously, but we're family, so we were never in his shadow. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old, I was in a movie called, 'Landlord' with Pearl Bailey, Lou Gossett, and Beau Bridges. — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
