The Best Eddie Murphy quotes

I love the Beatles. — Eddie Murphy

I’m in a whole different part of show business. I’m not even part of Shakespeare in Love. — Eddie Murphy

My wife ain’t gonna make love to me if I got no money! — Eddie Murphy

I love ‘Trading Places,’ but ‘Coming to America’ has one of the things I like to do–I like the multiple characters. — Eddie Murphy

Snl’ is part of my history. I got on the show as a kid. That’s the show I got known from. — Eddie Murphy

Music has always been around with me. — 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’m the artist when I’m doing music that I am when I’m acting. I’m everything. — Eddie Murphy

I had a band before I did standup–I’ve always done music. I got known for being funny, and that’s how I make a living–and from acting–but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music. — Eddie Murphy

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

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

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

Mick Jagger’s lips’ so big, black people be going, ‘You got some big–ass lips! — Eddie Murphy

I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor. — Eddie Murphy

As crude As his movies were, he made them out of his pocket, and he had to do everything himself and come in from the back door. — 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

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

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

If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they’re dressed, when you’re in the house with a person, they’re going to be a regular human being. — Eddie Murphy

My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad. — Eddie Murphy

But if you would have told me 30 years ago that i would be this boring, stay–at–home… house dad and bill cosby would be in jail. — Eddie Murphy

That’s my idol, Elvis Presley. If you went to my house, you’d see pictures all over of Elvis. He’s just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. — Eddie Murphy

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

I’m not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That’s the show now. — Eddie Murphy

You know why they think I’m reclusive? I don’t do the Hollywood stuff. I’ve never been on the circuit. — Eddie Murphy

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 and have a show like nobody ever had before. — Eddie Murphy

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles. — Eddie Murphy

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. — 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