Quote: I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: ?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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: 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]
Quote: There was a lot of stuff where we were doing scenes, and (we would) bust out laughing, ... more on this movie than ever, where you can't finish scenes. I hope we didn't (mess up) up the movie. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: I trip off it. You know what's interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he's been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: I'm in a whole different part of show business, ... I'm not even part of 'Shakespeare in Love. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow. ... Saturday Night Live [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time... [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: He gives a tremendous amount of time to clients and is completely focused on each of their careers. He's very hands-on, ... He's always been a straight-up guy in any business dealings. They're not poachers, and they don't home in on other people's clients. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: Right now, we've got to stretch that dollar as far as we can. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: Wedding Crashers. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down! [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: 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]
Quote: My life is nothing like the "Daddy Day Care" life. Me around the house is nothing like the "Daddy Day Care" dad. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful. [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: That's a new thing for me, to have my costar in a scene turn to me and tell me they love me. In "48 HRS.", Nick Nolte never turned to me and went "I love you Ed"! [Eddie Murphy]
Quote: 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]