Before stand-up, I didn't even have an agent. Once I started doing stand-up - boom. I got an agent. In fact, I got three agents. I got a lawyer. Now I get taken seriously.

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.