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" I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters. "
Eddie Murphy
Places
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America
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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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" I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans have ever done in the history of the Americas. Hip-hop put more black Americans on than anything before it. It fed more people. It allowed them to diversify into clothing lines and billion-dollar headphone companies. "
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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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" 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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" The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio. "
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" 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. "
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" The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. "
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" I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy. "
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" I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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! "
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" 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. "
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" My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson. "
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" If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it. "
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" I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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