Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Charlie Murphy
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Charlie Murphy.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
If I look at my family tree and follow every generation before us, going all the way back to the slaves, then Eddie Murphy is the highest achievement as far as my bloodline is concerned. How could you be jealous? You can only be proud, unless you got some serious issues.
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.'
If you don't know things, you know, you just go by your instinct.
I was always proud of my brother. He helped me tremendously, but we're family, so we were never in his shadow.
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 love country-western music.
I've never felt like I was living in anyone's shadow. My life was what it was.
I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'
I used to irritate people. I'd give them a hard time, and when it drove them crazy, that was funny to me.
I feel blessed to be able to do my stand up comedy all over the world, because some people never even leave New York.
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.
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.
My name is Charlie Murphy. I was born into this name, and I've been rolling how I've been rolling my whole life.
Don't take life for granted.
I guess I must have a good metabolism.
'Chappelle's Show' was like the Tupac of TV shows. It came out, it got everybody's attention, it was a bright shining star, but it burned out, and for some strange reason, it burned out quick.
Gangs are formed by kids who want love.
Don't take people for granted.
I wake up every morning, and I am ecstatic.
I don't need to wait for someone else to get a bright idea and say, 'I wanna work with this guy.' I can do my own thing and drop it right on the Web and bypass you and your bright idea.
There's a lot of racism when I was in the Navy, and I had to deal with that.
In the military, the reason you take the right path is they eliminate other choices. I needed that. They set me straight.
Don't underestimate the power of the Web.
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 up.
I'll put it like this: When I was in high school, I would never win a popularity contest back then... it was always somebody else that got picked first for whatever reason. But all those people that went before me usually dropped the ball... then I'd get my shot.
I look at the world and I find the funny in it, because there's funny in everything. No matter how ugly it may be, there's a funny way to look at it.
If you want to laugh, see a comedy. If you want to cry, see a drama, and if you want suspense, see a thriller.
As the older brother, I was expected to make sure no one messed with Eddie when he went to the park. He didn't have to deal with anyone saying, 'I'll get you after school.'
When I was nine, my father passed away. It's one thing when you're a kid and your father wasn't there for you. My father was there, and then he was taken away.
I like to tease people. I hate when people do it to me, though.
The whole thing with the Rick James story sketch and the Prince story sketch - I recounted my past, you know? - and that's what I was doing. It's not like I sat down and said I want to come up with a great story about Rick James. That stuff really happened.
When you don't have money, you fall under the influence of anybody who has the appearance of having it.
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.
I would say I was an all-American teenager.
My whole life is a funny moment, man.
Carolines is the best. It has great sound, you can hear from the front all the way to the back with the same quality. If you want to see the top comics, go to Carolines.
I went into the military because I wanted to get an education, not because I wanted to fight anybody.
Charlie Murphy has been around for a long time. I've worked with a lot of exciting artists, and it was a thrill to be around to watch them display their skills.
You have comedians who just do jokes, and they're called comics, not comedians. You have comedians that do bits - a person that has a lot of jokes that have a beginning, a middle and an end, but it's not a real story. And you have someone that does great stories, the one that blends those things together - that person is doing comedy.
Everything was a lot more challenging for me because of who my brother was. If I were in the film, someone would had said that I got the part because Eddie's in the film. If I wrote a script, folks would say that I didn't really write that: that Eddie did and I threw my name on it.
If you can't eat incredible food, then what's the point?
You make shows, and you don't go into it thinking, 'Our show's going to be number one'; you go into it hoping to stay on the air.
I don't like to go to regular, big stores - I don't like to wear anything anybody else does.
I don't have beef with anyone, only martians.
I think I have had a remarkable and colorful life, so I decided to share it.
If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't deserve to laugh at anybody else.
When you're in the military, you get accustomed to sleep deprivation.
What I'm pretty much giving you when you see me onstage is me; it's not a fake character.
Comedy has bits, has jokes, has stories, and it has characters.
I don't hang out with soft cats.
I may make you angry or make you feel sorry for me, but in the end, you appreciate my show because it's not one-dimensional.
I never went around saying who my brother was. Everybody else was doing that.
When I first started doing comedy, I was 42 years old, and I was the brother of one of the most celebrated comics in history who made his name in the game 20 years earlier.
I was into basketball, football, karate, boxing.
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.
I respect everybody. You don't have to earn my respect. You earn my disrespect.
Eddie had the perfect template of what not to do. His big brother did all the wrong things.
When I first started, it was a dare. Someone basically said, 'You're a tough guy... but I'll bet you won't get on a microphone in front of a bunch of people.' I was terrified, but I did it. Once I broke the ice and got onstage and got some laughs, I thought, 'That's not so bad.'
As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.
Richard Pryor - he had stories, he had characters, he had short jokes, and he had bits. He had all those things. Eddie Murphy has all those things, and he can sing. A comedian is a bunch of stuff; it's not just one area.
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