Live every week like it's shark week.
What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.
I had a great time working on 'Saturday Night Live.' It was one of the important times in my life.
I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work.
I give [Barack Obama] a 10 [on a scale of 1 to 10] because he's not God, and he inherited a couple of wars, and a financial mess.I want to see him curse somebody out on TV. You can't finesse a bull. He's gotta throw down. He's in the shark tank.
I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.
Comedy clubs are sacred ground. That's where anything goes.
I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.
What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.
Let's focus on the funny. ... That's what I'm focused on... This is the gift God gave me. That's what I want to touch in people.
My father was the role model I looked up to. My dad was an entertainer, too. I patterned my life after him. He wanted me to do better than he did. He never sold a record in his life, but to me he was still a rock star.
I can make people laugh at the drop of a dime. God's given me that ability.
I'm not afraid to move away from funny. I'm not afraid of that.
I was like any other inner-city kid with a chip on his shoulder because his daddy and his mommy wasn't together.
Everything I talk about in stand-up is my experiences as an American, as a father, as a husband, as a black man, as a human being.
I like to do stand-up for people who live real life.
I don't like doing stand-up for little kids. It's not geared for that.
Young stand-ups, we ought to do comedy in George Carlin's spirit, in Richard Pryor's spirit, in Jackie Gleason's spirit, in Lucille Ball's spirit, because they did it with the spirit.
George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy.
My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.
Stand-up is mine. It's a part of me.
Stand-up is really personal. It's not like somebody else is writing the script and you have to do what they write.
If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.
Too many people focus on the thing, instead of the heavenly glory of it. I don't want to give away what to expect.
The things I did on Saturday Night Live are going to stay as Saturday Night Live. You've never seen Eddie Murphy do a Gumby movie. There's a lot more new material inside of me.
