106 Quotes by Charlie Murphy

If I want to be a real comedian, I can't let you dictate my material, so I started creating more new material.

I'm an entertainer, period. I can write it, I can speak it, and I can act it.

When you don't have money, you fall under the influence of anybody who has the appearance of having it.

I protected Eddie. He never had to fight, because people knew who his older brother was.

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 went to jail for a year when I was 17. When I got out, my mother took me to the recruiting office, and I spent the next six years in the Navy.

As far as stand-up comedy, I got into the business later than most, yeah.

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.