We went to open-mike night at a comedy club called Stanford & Sons and the comics were terrible. My cousin dared me to get up there and, well, he was challenging my manhood. I had to do it. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
One night I went to this comedy club and paid a hard-earned $5 to get in, and every comic that came up was dry as an old turkey wishbone, as in not even close to being funny. When you're broke… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Biggest man law - be a man. Simple: be a man, definition of being a man is being a man. And don't let your… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
After my first 'One Night Stand' on HBO, I lost my focus. I was mad at the world. I would have meetings with directors… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
I'm a comic and I'm having way too much fun with the comedy. I do the music for myself. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
I don't go to the running of the bulls because I don't like being chased by bulls. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
When I'm telling jokes, I'm constantly in motion. I can't stand in one place. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
Add the hippie-rock-drugs atmosphere circa 1970, and you get Clinton's rechristened group Parliament, decked out in weird costumes, singing cosmic lyrics and laying down… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
The devil is a fun character to play because he's everywhere and no where all the time. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
I'd always do bits on street corners like Richard Pryor's Mudbone character. And my friends kept telling me, You could make money doing that.' — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid. — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
I am telling you, Lebanon was fun. I played for 5,000 people in a sold-out venue. The clubs there don't even open until 4… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share
