Eddie Murphy Quotes: top 72 famous quotes about Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy Quotes & Sayings

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At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does. — Morris Chestnut

The welfare of our children is our main concern and their best interests are our first priority — Eddie Murphy

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. — 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

The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people — Eddie Murphy

Because Eddie [Murphy] came from where I come from, the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. People in the projects used to call me Fat Murphy. — Tracy Morgan

I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy. — Leslie Jones

Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air. — Dale Murphy

Art should be witty, like a good Eddie Murphy movie, to make your life a little easier and better. — William Quigley

I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. — Adam DeVine

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites. — David Dobkin

Eddie Murphy was the Michael Jordan of comedy. He had a full range of abilities. — Aries Spears

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them. — 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

I ain't never been in no cell that had a phone in it. Can I stay for a while? I ordered some pizza. — Eddie Murphy

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

I took my portrait that Kaufman did of me home from the Saturday Night Live TV set. — Eddie Murphy

You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly, but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey fly! Ha, ha! — Eddie Murphy

In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece. — Eddie Murphy

The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances. — Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy is to comedians what Nicki Minaj is to Spanx. — Chris Rock

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

How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance ... cya later! — Eddie Murphy

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad. — Eddie Murphy

I never had the confidence to say I was going to be in front of the camera as a comedian until I saw Eddie Murphy years later. — Chris Rock

I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before! — Eddie Murphy

I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks. — Eddie Murphy

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

Eddie Murphy is just so off-the-cuff and can make anything funny. You hope that someday you'll acquire that skill, but maybe you're born with that. — Michael Pena

I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well. — Christine Baranski

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

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. — Eddie Murphy

I'm not a natural comedian, as an artist. I studied comedy growing up. I would watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, all day. — Brandon T. Jackson

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. — Eddie Murphy

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece. — Eddie Murphy

If I could work with Eddie Murphy on 'SNL,' I think I could quit comedy forever. For me and my generation, he's God. — Michael Che

This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT? — Eddie Murphy

Stevie Wonder is a musical genius ! — 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

I can figure out which Spice Girl I wanna impregnate. — Eddie Murphy

The white man gets all the best catchphrases! — Eddie Murphy

People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy. — Hannibal Buress

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

Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down. — Eddie Murphy

We were big Saturday Night Live and Eddie Murphy fans. — Illeana Douglas

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 started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. — 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

Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, "You got some big-ass lips!" — Eddie Murphy

Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten. — Eddie Murphy

From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic. — Eddie Murphy

Flowers are the fastest way to a woman's heart. Well, actually, the fastest way is through her rib cage, but flowers are a lot less messy. — Eddie Murphy

I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home. — Eddie Murphy

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people. — Tracy Morgan

I love the Beatles. — Eddie Murphy

As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me. — Christopher Moore

I will blow your face clean off your face! — Eddie Murphy

Are You Driving With Your Eyes Open? Or Are You like Using The Force? — Eddie Murphy

When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited. — David Gordon Green

Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he still couldn't make me laugh. — Eddie Murphy

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

Music has always been around with me. — 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

The only reason I did Showtime was Robert De Niro. I definitely consider him to be in the top 5 all time actors. — Eddie Murphy

I don't think you should invest in commodities. Eddie Murphy made it seem risky in Trading Places. — Eugene Mirman

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson. — Eddie Murphy

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it. — Eddie Murphy

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that. — Tracy Morgan

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

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

At the end of the day, I want to be part of the same conversation as Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor. — Kevin Hart

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