Don't take life for granted.

I never went around saying who my brother was. Everybody else was doing that.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I went into the military because I wanted to get an education, not because I wanted to fight anybody.

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.

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.'

In the military, the reason you take the right path is they eliminate other choices. I needed that. They set me straight.

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.'

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.

When you're in the military, you get accustomed to sleep deprivation.

I would say I was an all-American teenager.

I was into basketball, football, karate, boxing.

If you don't know things, you know, you just go by your instinct.

When I was nine years old, I was in a movie called, 'Landlord' with Pearl Bailey, Lou Gossett, and Beau Bridges.

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.'

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

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.

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

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 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 don't hang out with soft cats.