I was the dude you didn't wanna go to school with, because I would come to school and get on your shoes. If you had a hole in your pants, I'd talk about it all day long. If your hair was messed up, if you had buck teeth, I'd talk about it all day long. And I made people laugh doing it, but it wasn't like I thought I was a comedian.

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.

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

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

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

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

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've been called Mr. Eddie's brother, but I don't trip on that. Whether you realize it or not, that's a sign of disrespect. If you address me, call me by my name. You can't lower me or make me feel uncomfortable.

Other comedians got love for me. But don't get it twisted - I'm not a clown, I'm a comedian and work hard as an artist. Clowns go to college.

I've become a writer, an actor, producing films, and having a TV show. I'm pretty successful and proud of it.

I wasn't drawn to comedy: it was drawn to me - from fighting in school to going to jail, then joining the military and getting into Hollywood.

There are many styles of standup, but the comedians I like are people like Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor. Because Richard Pryor told the truth. Chris Rock. I love Chris Rock. He's funny, but he's also poignant. He's not there just to make people laugh; he's there to make people wake up, too.

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.

I didn't want to do anything that could possibly tarnish my brother's career.

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.

I have people tell me all the time, 'I was expecting you to be mean.' Why is that? Because you saw me in a movie? That's acting.

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 don't think I have any hobbies.

I'm always working, and I'm a single parent, so I don't think I have time for stuff most normal people do.

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.

Nobody gave me anything.

I didn't go to no school for acting. I learned it all by trial and error.

I've been in a lot of different arenas of life.

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