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 agebreathcomfortable share on social
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. Eddie Murphy culturehipknow share on social
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. Eddie Murphy africanallowamerica share on social
If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it. Eddie Murphy backinvolveoriginal Change image and share on social
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 flophitmovie Change image and share on social
I think 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 analyzebigposition share on social
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 chaplindirectfilm Change image and share on social
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 careerearnhave Change image and share on social
There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it. Eddie Murphy actorafricanamerican share on social
I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist. Eddie Murphy authenticcountryear Change image and share on social