Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American comedian, an actor, a writer, a singer, and a producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1961
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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We want the same effect as if someone's house burned here, ... We want to give them a normal life as soon as possible.
I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.
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Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.
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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.
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.
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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. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it.
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I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.
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How can music without any words make you think? I listen to jazz when I'm doing something else. I use it for background music, I don't just sit down and concentrate on it. Lyrics, words - that's what makes me think.
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Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down.
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This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?
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We want the same effect as if someone's house burned here. We want to give them a normal life as soon as possible.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, "You got some big-ass lips!"