Which 1996 film is sampled in the opening dialogue of Runway?

The opening dialogue of “Runway” samples the 1996 film The Nutty Professor.

“Runway” is an original house-pop song performed by Lady Gaga and Doechii for The Devil Wears Prada 2. Its opening uses a brief piece of dialogue from Tom Shadyac’s 1996 comedy, in which Eddie Murphy’s character Sherman Klump says, “No matter what, no matter what... you’ve got to strut.”

The sample links the song’s title and message to the fashion-world imagery of the sequel. “Runway” is also the name of the fictional magazine led by Miranda Priestly, so the dialogue’s reference to strutting works as a deliberate thematic introduction rather than an unrelated film quotation.

The source is sometimes confused with other well-known 1990s movies because the sampled line is short and appears before the song’s main vocals. It is not taken from That Thing You Do!, Jerry Maguire, or The Cable Guy. The Nutty Professor starred Murphy in multiple roles and was a remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis film.