Quotes by Eddie Murphy

“The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They dont hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, theyre in a good mood.”

“Ive always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.”

“I dont think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.”

“I think in twenty years Ill be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. It scares me.”

“You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients dont work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that wont work.”

“Id like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. Ill do that before Im thirty.”

“In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didnt think I could pull that off. Im a little short to be a basketball player!”

“Im relaxed about my career. Ive been making movies for over 20 years, so Ive earned at least the right to relax.”

“We want the same effect as if someones house burned here, ... We want to give them a normal life as soon as possible.”

“We need to be prepared to help with their rent and utilities for six months to a year, ... We dont want them working right now.”

Im 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess Im playing right where Im supposed to be. Im comfortable with that, but in the same breath Id do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then Id do it.

The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I cant trip about that because Ive been making movies for 35 years, and Ive played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I cant be on here talking about, They dont give us enough roles and diversity.

Im a comedian who got into movies, so I dont really think of myself as an actor.

Theres this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.

Getting divorced didnt sour me on the institution of marriage. Ill tell you what Ill never do: Ill never get divorced again.

Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, What would I even talk about onstage? Its never been, I wonder if Im funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes. Its more, What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?