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

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Eddie Murphy
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 3
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Theres 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 didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.
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Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass.
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This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?
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My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.
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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 will blow your face clean off your face!
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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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Mick Jagger's lips' so big, black people be going, You got some big-ass lips!
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Whenever I am on camera or doing anything on mic, I don't have any process at all. I just do it and, when I'm finished, it goes away. There is no process. I wish there were some techniques to it. I just turn it on and off, and then I go home.
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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.
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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.
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All inspiration comes from a higher power. The body is a shell. The creative spot is from God - You hear voices, everybody does. When you get older, you refer to it as intuition.
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I’m a comedian who got into movies, so I don’t really think of myself as an actor.
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