Quotes About Humor

My own son called me Eddie Murphy's brother once. Once.

I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.

I remember watching Eddie Murphy's stand-up act when I was little, and just being mesmerized.

I think Eddie Murphy is the greatest comedian. I do think that Richard Pryor is the Godfather, but Eddie Murphy, in my opinion, has every comedic category in his arsenal. He can roast you. He can freestyle. He can host. He was LeBron James before we even saw LeBron James.

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best.

Eddie Murphy is a great entertainer.

I'm not the comic innovator that Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy are. I can't just come out with an incredible line.

Me and my mother, we both love Eddie Murphy.

If I can make you laugh and learn, I want to be like George Carlin and Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy and Sam Kinison and Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. I want to be of that ilk, I don't want to just make you laugh, I want to make you think.

I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.

I have a very muscular face.

In 'Night At The Museum 3,' with Ben Stiller, I was only given a couple of lines. If you are in guys' comedies, it's not like you are ever going to just get handed some jokes and a brilliant role.

I'm just some lunatic macaroni mushroom, is that it?

I'm not sure a lot of us in the music business or in rock 'n' roll are given credit for irony or humor.

I always wanted to be a comedian but never thought I'd be a musical comedian.

Musicals are just funny to me.

Aunt Marion was right... Never marry a musician, and never answer the door.

As a comedian, you're kind of like a blues musician; you have to live a little bit.

Having live musicians in a comedy show adds a frisson.

Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.

Comedians talk to other comedians the way jazz musicians can talk to each other.

I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny.