All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

When I'm doing stand-up, it's just me depending on me. I know how to go out there and make people laugh. I've been doing it since I was a teenager. I trust my instincts. I just go out and talk. A lot of the time I let the material come from the top of my head.

I don't think there's ever been someone with as much presence as Elvis Presley, I mean if he walked into a room I think everyone would be looking at only him. Even when he was dying and through all that when you looked at him it seemed all put together. It fascinates me.

How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance... cya later!

This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?

I'm just a man. I think people are reacting to something else when they see me. They're not reacting to me, Eddie Murphy. They don't even know me. It's just luck and the God in me they're reacting to.