American - Actor | June 12, 1959 - April 12, 2017
I've been in a lot of different arenas of life.
Charlie Murphy
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I didn't go to no school for acting. I learned it all by trial and error.
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Nobody gave me anything.
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Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.
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I'm always working, and I'm a single parent, so I don't think I have time for stuff most normal people do.
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I don't think I have any hobbies.
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My name is Charlie Murphy. I was born into this name, and I've been rolling how I've been rolling my whole life.
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I have people tell me all the time, 'I was expecting you to be mean.' Why is that? Because you saw me in a movie? That's acting.
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If you look at my acting career, I never played a role that was similar to anything my brother played. I was always cast as the bad guy or a gangster, because my brother didn't do those kind of roles.
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I didn't want to do anything that could possibly tarnish my brother's career.
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Every barbershop has a guy who wrecks shop every time he comes in. He has the whole barbershop laughing. That doesn't mean he's a comedian.
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There are many styles of standup, but the comedians I like are people like Dick Gregory and Richard Pryor. Because Richard Pryor told the truth. Chris Rock. I love Chris Rock. He's funny, but he's also poignant. He's not there just to make people laugh; he's there to make people wake up, too.
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