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Eddie Murphy Biography

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

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How can you do the moonwalk and ask a woman to dance? Hey baby lets dance. . . cya later!

Ask, Asks, Baby, Hey, Lets, Moonwalk

My life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.

Dad, Day Care, House, Life, Daddy

I trip off it. You know what's interesting about the makeup is when you get up close and you know he's been working on your face, and you see where the makeup starts and it stops, and how seamless it is. You could look at it for hours.

Close, Interesting, Look, Looks, Makeup, See

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.

Back, Emotion, Kids, Mood, Want

I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.

Home, House, Leave, Party, Supposed

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.

Creative, Everybody, Inspiration, Refer, Voice, Voices

Are You Driving With Your Eyes Open? Or Are You like Using The Force?

Driving, Eye, Eyes, Force, Like, Open

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

Beginning, Dialogue, Flow, Make, Seems

You know you can't just run and shoot people in the knee-caps with double barreled shotgun 'cause you're pissed at them.

Barreled, Double, Knees, People, Pissed, Running

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 and have a show like nobody ever had before.

Able, Back, Everything, Stuff, Want

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

Came, Confidence, Initiative, Lots, Self Confidence

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

Acting, Artist, Everything, Music

Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he still couldn't make me laugh.

Hope, Joke, Laughing, Million, Past, Years

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.

Business, Exception, Made, Successful, Work

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

Comedian, Comfortable, Stand Up Comedian

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.

Back, Know, Knows, Original, Originals, Trying

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.

Age, Breath, Came, Funny, Guy, Kids

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.

Actors, African American, Done, Part, Persona, Same

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

Allows, Position, Want

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

Actors, Comedian, Movies, Think, Thinking

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