âPeople are getting warped senses of humor now. All these kids playing video gamesâboy, Iâll tell you, in twenty years weâre gonna have a race of destructive kids who are stupid because they didnât go to school. But theyâll have great reflexes. Iâll tell you, in 100 years this is gonna be a messed-up place. I donât care, âcause Iâll be dead and gone.
âMy experience is what I share with the audiences,â he continues. âI donât look at them and say, âBoy, arenât you funny.â Iâm looking at them, saying, âMy, arenât we all messed up.â
Eddie Murphy, in New York Magazine, October 1982 (Google Books).