Eddie Murphy

Music has always been around with me.

— Eddie Murphy

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big…

— Eddie Murphy

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.

— Eddie Murphy

Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above…

— Eddie Murphy

It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one

— Eddie Murphy

I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

— Eddie Murphy

If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself…

— Eddie Murphy

Every bad decision I've made has been based on money.

— Eddie Murphy

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

— Eddie Murphy

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

I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before!

— Eddie Murphy

That's my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you'd see pictures all over of Elvis. He's just the greatest…

— Eddie Murphy

My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.

— Eddie Murphy

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius !

— Eddie Murphy

When I'm doing stand-up, it's just me depending on me. I know how to go out there and make people laugh. I've…

— Eddie Murphy

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make…

— Eddie Murphy

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.

— Eddie Murphy

I spent my 30s fixing everything I broke in my 20s.

— Eddie Murphy

I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love.

— Eddie Murphy

The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors.

— Eddie Murphy

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above…

— Eddie Murphy

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…

— Eddie Murphy

I don't think there's ever been someone with as much presence as Elvis Presley, I mean if he walked into a room…

— Eddie Murphy

When I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do…

— Eddie Murphy

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off.…

— Eddie Murphy