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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!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/in-the-original-script-my-character-was-a-basketball-player-rather/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

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## More by Eddie Murphy

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/over-the-past-50-years-bob-hope-employed-88-joke-writers-who-supplied/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [My wife ain't gonna make love to me if I got no money!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/my-wife-ain-t-gonna-make-love-to-me-if-i-got-no-money/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/in-a-movie-like-this-the-relationship-between-the-two-guys-is-crucial/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [I want a woman who can arouse my intellect as well as my loins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/i-want-a-woman-who-can-arouse-my-intellect-as-well-as-my-loins/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/whenever-i-am-on-camera-or-doing-anything-on-mic-i-don-t-have-any/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/the-best-way-you-hurt-rich-people-is-by-turning-them-into-poor-people/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/white-boys-always-get-the-oscar-it-s-a-known-fact-did-i-ever-get-a/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/you-know-making-a-movie-is-a-collaborative-effort-and-sometimes-all/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [I ain't never been in no cell that had a phone in it. Can I stay for a while? I ordered some pizza.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/i-ain-t-never-been-in-no-cell-that-had-a-phone-in-it-can-i-stay-for-a/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, "You got some big-ass lips!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/mick-jagger-s-lips-so-big-black-people-be-going-you-got-some-big-ass/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/if-you-re-involved-in-with-something-that-s-original-you-know-you-ll/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [Are you driving with your eyes open? Or are you, like, using "the force"?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/are-you-driving-with-your-eyes-open-or-are-you-like-using-the-force/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [I been seeing newspapers every Sunday morning, white dudes be in there in their drawers, never having no bulge in they drawers. Smiling at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/i-been-seeing-newspapers-every-sunday-morning-white-dudes-be-in-there/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/this-is-how-you-answer-a-door-in-my-neighborhood-who-is-it/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

> [The white man gets all the best catchphrases!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-murphy/the-white-man-gets-all-the-best-catchphrases/)

[Eddie Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-murphy/)

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