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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

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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

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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

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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

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. Eddie Murphy

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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. Eddie Murphy

Death People Meal Would Would-Be Eat Know Surprised Even Row

I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!' Eddie Murphy

Fly Somebody Long Tooth Kind Voice Like Cape Reason Now

I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters. Eddie Murphy

Love Characters One Of The Things Like Trading Coming America Places Multiple Things

'SNL' is part of my history. I got on the show as a kid. That's the show I got known from. Eddie Murphy

History Kid Part Known Got SNL Show

I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies. Eddie Murphy

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You know, if you need 100 rounds to kill a deer, maybe hunting isn't your sport. Elayne Boosler

You Hunting Know Sport Maybe Your Rounds Deer Need

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope. Elayne Boosler

I never minded flying cheap. I always said to myself, 'Taking this flight saves enough money to rescue four dogs, or six cats, or will let me make a difference to the one woman saving chimps in Cameroon.' Elayne Boosler

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When the sun comes up, I have morals again. Elayne Boosler

Sun Morals Up Again

Horse racing is waning in popularity. Elayne Boosler

Horse Horse Racing Racing Popularity

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