Eddie Murphy is to comedians what Nicki Minaj is to Spanx.

No matter what kind of backgrounds two men are from, if you go, 'Hey, man, women are crazy,' you've got a friend.

I'm happy if everybody else is. I'm a big brother, the oldest. If you're happy and I'm not, I'm cool with that. If I'm happy and you're not, I'm sad.

Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.

People are the same wherever you go. And if they weren't, they wouldn't laugh at the same s**t.

I love having somebody there - that companion thing. You know who you're going to eat with, who you're going to see a movie with.

My goals were small. My goal was to become a big enough stand-up that I wouldn't have to do radio. I could sell out a club, which is like 300 seats. If I got big enough, I could sell before I got there, and I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning to do radio. That was pretty much the dream. I had no idea I'd be playing Madison Square Garden or anything.