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I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Because Before Being Crazy Doing Fun Gotten Had Harder Internet New New Stuff Reason Standup Stopped Stuff Write

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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Different Get Older Person Softer You

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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

Topics: About Anybody Anything Culture Everybody Everything Going Knew Know Me Name Pop Pop Culture Read Them Used Would Written

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Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: About Anger Been Come Even Every Funny Jokes Leather Like More Never Now Now And Then Onstage Suit Talk Then Think Up Without Wonder Would I Think I Can I Wonder

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'Nutty Professor' was me going, 'Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you can't, and nobody else in the town can do this.'

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Else Going Me Nobody Nobody Else Nutty Professor Say Town Want You I Can

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I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, that's my big, giant music influence. I can listen to them all the time.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Beatles Been Big Bob Bob Marley Fan Forever Giant Huge Influence Like Listen Marley Music Them Time I Can

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You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff always has music, even a bunch of my comedy stuff - like in 'Shrek,' the donkey is always singing. Music is always there.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Always Back Bunch Comedy Donkey Even Go Know Like Live Look Music Night Saturday Saturday Night Saturday Night Live Singing Stuff You

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I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Anymore Audience Myself Now Performing Reveal Show

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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: Cape Fly Kind Like Long Now Reason Somebody Tooth Voice

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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: America Characters Coming Like Love Multiple One Of The Things Places Things Trading I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: April 3rd, 1961

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