1. “There’s always been a lot of negative stuff written about me. That’s why I don’t pay any attention to the critics. They’ve never liked anything I’ve done. What do critics know? It’s the way the audience reacts that matters.” – Eddie Murphy
2. “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
3. “If you’re an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I’m not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience… I show you some of me. It’s not a show no more.” – Eddie Murphy
4. “All inspiration comes from a higher power. The body is a shell. The creative spot is from God – You hear voices, everybody does. When you get older, you refer to it as intuition.” – Eddie Murphy
5. “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
6. “I trip off it. You know what’s interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he’s been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours.” – Eddie Murphy
7. “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
8. “I think laughter is the best medicine. It can heal your soul and lift your spirits.” – Eddie Murphy
9. “When I’m doing stand-up, it’s just me depending on me. I know how to go out there and make people laugh. I’ve been doing it since I was a teenager. I trust my instincts. I just go out and talk. A lot of the time I let the material come from the top of my head.” – Eddie Murphy
10. “It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one” – Eddie Murphy
11. “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
12. “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
13. “I’ve learned that you can’t please everyone, but as long as you’re true to yourself, that’s all that matters.” – Eddie Murphy
14. “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
15. “Every bad decision I’ve made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don’t turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it’s all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert’s thumb up my ass.” – Eddie Murphy
16. “I’m in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.” – Eddie Murphy
17. “If you’re an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I’m not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience, I show you some of me. It’s not a show no more.” – Eddie Murphy
18. “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
19. “To me, comedy is like riding a roller coaster. It’s scary, but it’s also exhilarating.” – Eddie Murphy
20. “I’ve been in prison for three years. My dick gets hard if the wind blows.” – Eddie Murphy
21. “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.” – Eddie Murphy
22. “The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.” – Eddie Murphy
23. “I started out as an impressionist and that’s all about observing, how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.” – Eddie Murphy
24. “This country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.” – Eddie Murphy
25. “All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of their masterpiece.” – Eddie Murphy
26. “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
27. “Every bad decision I’ve made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don’t turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it’s all going to end.” – Eddie Murphy
28. “The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people.” – Eddie Murphy
29. “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
30. “Whenever I am on camera or doing anything on mic, I don’t have any process at all. I just do it and, when I’m finished, it goes away. There is no process. I wish there were some techniques to it. I just turn it on and off, and then I go home.” – Eddie Murphy
31. “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
32. “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
33. “I spent my 30s fixing everything I broke in my 20s.” – Eddie Murphy
34. “I’ve always had this burning desire to make people laugh. It’s something that I truly love.” – Eddie Murphy
35. “From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make it seem more authentic.” – Eddie Murphy
36. “I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.” – Eddie Murphy
37. “I’m in a whole different part of show business. I’m not even part of Shakespeare in Love.” – Eddie Murphy
38. “As you get older, you get different, and I’m a mushier, softer person as I get older.” – Eddie Murphy
39. “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. I’m comfortable with that, but in the same breath I’d do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I’d do it.” – Eddie Murphy
40. “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
41. “My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.” – Eddie Murphy
42. “I am a man who has never tied his own shoes before!” – Eddie Murphy
43. “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
44. “In reality, all men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives trying to create a masterpiece.” – Eddie Murphy
45. “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
46. “Making movies are 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
47. “I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that’s what I’m most comfortable doing.” – Eddie Murphy
48. “The other day I got out the shower and I bend down to reach for a towel, and I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Shot through my chest and up around my shoulder and down my spine. I thought ‘Oh, Lord.’ I thought I was dying. I bent over and looked, and I was standing on my own titty.” – Eddie Murphy
49. “Anything you have to acquire a taste for was not meant to be eaten.” – Eddie Murphy
50. “I’m just a man. I think people are reacting to something else when they see me. They’re not reacting to me, Eddie Murphy. They don’t even know me. It’s just luck and the God in me they’re reacting to.” – Eddie Murphy
51. “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
52. “The competitions are as much a part of the tradition as the actual dances.” – Eddie Murphy
53. “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
54. “My wife ain’t gonna make love to me if I got no money!” – Eddie Murphy
55. “If you’re involved in with something that’s original, you know, you’ll always go back and try to rehash it.” – Eddie Murphy
56. “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.” – Eddie Murphy
57. “I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.” – Eddie Murphy
58. “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
59. “I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.” – Eddie Murphy
60. “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
61. “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
62. “This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?” – Eddie Murphy
63. “I spent my 30s fixing everything I broke in my 20s.” – Eddie Murphy