Theres 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… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
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! — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he still couldn't… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together.… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Whenever I am on camera or doing anything on mic, I don't have any process at all. I just do it and, when I'm… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
I ain't never been in no cell that had a phone in it. Can I stay for a while? I ordered some pizza. — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, "You got some big-ass lips!" — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it. — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
Are you driving with your eyes open? Or are you, like, using "the force"? — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
