American - Actor | June 12, 1959 - April 12, 20172
I wake up every morning, and I am ecstatic.
Charlie Murphy
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I don't have beef with anyone, only martians.
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While I have been to Switzerland, Stockholm, and other parts of Europe and Canada, I don't have a specific place that is my favorite. I just represent Earth.
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I feel blessed to be able to do my stand up comedy all over the world, because some people never even leave New York.
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'Chappelle's Show' was like the Tupac of TV shows. It came out, it got everybody's attention, it was a bright shining star, but it burned out, and for some strange reason, it burned out quick.
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Richard Pryor - he had stories, he had characters, he had short jokes, and he had bits. He had all those things. Eddie Murphy has all those things, and he can sing. A comedian is a bunch of stuff; it's not just one area.
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You have comedians who just do jokes, and they're called comics, not comedians. You have comedians that do bits - a person that has a lot of jokes that have a beginning, a middle and an end, but it's not a real story. And you have someone that does great stories, the one that blends those things together - that person is doing comedy.
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Comedy has bits, has jokes, has stories, and it has characters.
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I may make you angry or make you feel sorry for me, but in the end, you appreciate my show because it's not one-dimensional.
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One thing helps the other. My stand-up helps my writing; my writing helps my stand-up; my stand-up helps my acting. They're all interlocked.
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When I first started, it was a dare. Someone basically said, 'You're a tough guy... but I'll bet you won't get on a microphone in front of a bunch of people.' I was terrified, but I did it. Once I broke the ice and got onstage and got some laughs, I thought, 'That's not so bad.'
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I guess I must have a good metabolism.
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