<p class="title">Actor-comedian Eddie Murphy has announced that he will be embarking on a stand-up tour next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 58-year-old actor shared the news during his appearance on Netflix podcast Present Company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Next year, in 2020, I'm going to go on the road and do some stand-up," Murphy said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor recently confirmed that he will be hosting the December 21 episode of the popular show "Saturday Night Live".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the new tour will commence after his stint at "SNL", according to The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked whether he is nervous about the tour, Murphy said, "No... When I think about doing stand-up, this is the perfect analogy: When you go to the pool and the water is cold, freezing, and you go, 'Ah, the water's fucking cold' before you jump in, that's how I feel with stand-up. It's that feeling of ooh, it's going to be freezing when you first jump in."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's not nervous or scared; that's just I know the water is cold," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murphy, meanwhile, will next star in "Dolemite Is My Name". It features the actor as filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, best known for portraying the character of Dolemite in both his stand-up routine and a series of blaxploitation films.</p>
<p class="title">Actor-comedian Eddie Murphy has announced that he will be embarking on a stand-up tour next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 58-year-old actor shared the news during his appearance on Netflix podcast Present Company.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Next year, in 2020, I'm going to go on the road and do some stand-up," Murphy said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor recently confirmed that he will be hosting the December 21 episode of the popular show "Saturday Night Live".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the new tour will commence after his stint at "SNL", according to The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Asked whether he is nervous about the tour, Murphy said, "No... When I think about doing stand-up, this is the perfect analogy: When you go to the pool and the water is cold, freezing, and you go, 'Ah, the water's fucking cold' before you jump in, that's how I feel with stand-up. It's that feeling of ooh, it's going to be freezing when you first jump in."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"That's not nervous or scared; that's just I know the water is cold," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Murphy, meanwhile, will next star in "Dolemite Is My Name". It features the actor as filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, best known for portraying the character of Dolemite in both his stand-up routine and a series of blaxploitation films.</p>