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.

More Quotes by Charlie Murphy

I respect everybody. You don't have to earn my respect. You earn my disrespect.

I don't hang out with soft cats.

If you can't laugh at yourself, you don't deserve to laugh at anybody else.

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

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