Eddie Murphy Quotes

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Eddie Murphy

Profession : Comedian

Birth : April 3, 1961

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.

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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.

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From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.

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I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that's my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.

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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

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'Nutty Professor' was me going, 'Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you can't, and nobody else in the town can do this.'

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There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'

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I don't know what my Death Row meal would be. I'm surprised that people can even eat when they're on Death Row.

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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.

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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.

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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.

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Music has always been around with me.

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You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been on the circuit.

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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.

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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.

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