Edward Regan Murphy Quotes

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Movies

  Tags in Career

• If I don’t die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Rare, Crash, Talent

• 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!

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Player, Boxer, Character, Pull

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Supposed, Playing

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Exactly, Score

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

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Confidence

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Movies, Success

  Tags in Exception, Vertebrates

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Tags in Sinks, Swims

• The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.

  Edward Regan 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Tags in Collaborative, Ingredients

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

  Topics in Emotion

  Tags in Express, Good Mood

• 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.

  Edward Regan Murphy

Edward Regan Murphy (12)

Birth:	3rd April, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Film Director, Screenwriter, Singer

About

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer, and film director. Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 5th-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls. He has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films, Bowfinger, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Norbit, and Meet Dave.

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