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" I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read. "

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" 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

Growing Up

Listening

Growing

" 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. "

" 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

Time

Movies

" 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. "

" The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip about that because I've been making movies for 35 years, and I've played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can't be on here talking about, 'They don't give us enough roles' and diversity. "

" 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. "

" Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor. "

Eddie Murphy

You

Actor

" I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!' "

" 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. "

" There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.' "

" 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. "

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

Eddie Murphy

Old Man

Concert

" I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day. "

" The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice. "

" 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. "

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

Eddie Murphy

Beginning

Dialogue

" 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. "

" I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor. "

" 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. "

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

Eddie Murphy

Want

Position

" 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

Does

Think

" 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. "

" 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. "

Eddie Murphy

Artist

You

" 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! "

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

" 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

Write

Way

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

" 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

Comedy

Back

" 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. "

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