Eddie Murphy Quotes
"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
(Related: Work, Effort, Now)
"The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Emotion, Kids, Want)
"The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Economy, Ireland, Irish, Years)
"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
(Related: Character, Basketball)
"If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Talent, Opportunity, Country)
"I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Confidence)
"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
(Related: Movies, Career, Relax, Right, Years)
"I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Age, Funny, Kids, Right)
"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
(Related: Film)
"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
"In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job."
- Eddie Murphy
(Related: Job)