Eddie Murphy Quotes

"I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does."
-Eddie Murphy

"I think in twenty years I'll be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. It scares me."
-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 I am going to make a movie that won't work."
-Eddie Murphy

"I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty."
-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. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!"
-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

"We want the same effect as if someone's house burned here, ... We want to give them a normal life as soon as possible."
-Eddie Murphy

"We need to be prepared to help with their rent and utilities for six months to a year, ... We don't want them working right now."
-Eddie Murphy