35 Eddie Murphy Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eddie Murphy

American Comedian

Born: Apr 3, 1961

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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. Eddie Murphy

Advice Would Someone Give Take Anyone

You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there. Eddie Murphy

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it. Eddie Murphy

You Try Back Something Know Involved Always Go Original

After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good. Eddie Murphy

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. Eddie Murphy

Music Everything Am Doing Artist Acting

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. Eddie Murphy

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.' Eddie Murphy

World Cause Long Bit Only Days Like How Been Bunch Get Places Little Little Bit Plane Two

I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure. Eddie Murphy

People Gentleman Else Telling Something Something Else Until Make Go Going Leisure Movies Then Fifty Professional Keep

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. Eddie Murphy

Time You Waiting Big Spend Machine Boring Slowly Takes Between Like Most Making Making Movies Time-Consuming Moves Movies Your

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it. Eddie Murphy

Me Big Sense Think Enough Analyzing Some Know Without Going Big Thing Want Works Thing Position

If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it's on to the next movie. Eddie Murphy

You Too Hit Movie Next Flop

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it. Eddie Murphy

Work Time You Rise Above First Same Thing Every Able Stayed Rise Above Could Part First Place Box Doing Bunch Persona Same Done Where Want African-American Burn Crash Place Little Movies Then Now Actor Now And Then Thing

I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy. Eddie Murphy

Crazy Internet Before Write Had Stuff New Because Gotten Doing New Stuff Stopped Being Reason Fun Standup Harder

As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older. Eddie Murphy

You Older Softer Person Get Different

I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read. Eddie Murphy

Me Culture Everybody Everything Would About Written Knew Name Know Read Going Anybody Anything Them Pop Pop Culture Used

Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?' Eddie Murphy

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

You Think Circuit Reclusive Never Stuff Know Been Hollywood Why

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