Eddie Murphy is an American actor, comedian and singer. Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs.
Below are Inspirational Quotes From Eddie Murphy:
- “My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.” 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
- “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’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.”Eddie Murphy
5. “There’s this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box.” Eddie Murphy
- “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
- “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 a professional gentleman of leisure.” Eddie Murphy
- “I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.” Eddie Murphy
- “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
10. “If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it’s ‘so what,’ too – it’s on to the next movie.” Eddie Murphy
- “After all these years, I’ve done well and I’m cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I’ve saved some paper, everybody’s healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it’s all good.” 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
- “As you get older, you get different, and I’m a mushier, softer person as I get older.” Eddie Murphy
- “You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don’t work out.” Eddie Murphy
15. “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.”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
- “You know, if you look all my stuff… If you go back to ‘Saturday Night Live,’ my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff – like in ‘Shrek,’ the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.” Eddie Murphy
- “The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.” Eddie Murphy
- “I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I’m content to sit here and play my guitar all day.” Eddie Murphy
20. “Making movies is time-consuming and it’s boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It’s like a big machine that moves slowly.” Eddie Murphy
- “Nutty Professor’ was me going, ‘Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you can’t, and nobody else in the town can do this.” Eddie Murphy
- “If you’re involved in with something that’s original, you know, you’ll always go back and try to rehash it.” Eddie Murphy
- “I’ve been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that’s my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.” Eddie Murphy
- “I haven’t read a newspaper in 20 years. I don’t look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.” Eddie Murphy