How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance. Hey baby lets dance... cya later
– Eddie Murphy
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
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
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
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
I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
– Eddie Murphy
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
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
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!
– Eddie Murphy
My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.
– Eddie Murphy
That's a new thing for me, to have my costar in a scene turn to me and tell me they love me. In 48 HRS., Nick Nolte never turned to me and went I love you Ed!
– Eddie Murphy
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
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.