Edward Regan “Eddie” Murphy (b.1961) is an American comic actor. The former standup comic and Saturday Night Live alumnus is best known on the big screen for 1980s blockbusters such as Trading Places (1983) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984.) He later had box office triumph with the comedy The Nutty Professor (1996) and voiced Donkey in the hugely successful Shrek series of animated films.
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I think in twenty years I’ll be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. It scares me.
—Eddie Murphy
Topics: Aging, Age
I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
—Eddie Murphy
Topics: Confidence
All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.
—Eddie Murphy
Topics: Self-Discovery
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