The only time Eddie Murphy had to audition for a movie: “I had a couple that flopped before that”
He nailed it.
Eddie Murphy
How Eddie Murphy self-sabotaged his way to salvation: “Oh, get the fuck out of here!”
He took the loss to gain a win.
The movie Eddie Murphy admitted his younger self would have hated: “Didn’t stand a chance”
One of several shockers Murphy made in the 1990s.
The worst career advice Eddie Murphy ever received came from Rodney Dangerfield: “Who knew?”
A chance encounter that could have changed things for the worse.
The one actor Eddie Murphy has always known is out of his league: “That’s what I want to do”
He tried, and he failed.
The “shitty” movie Eddie Murphy knew would fail: “He’s just showing up and getting paid”
A modern-day Nostradamus.
The comedy actor Eddie Murphy called the pinnacle: “The ceiling of the whole art form”
One of the all-time greats
The surreal moment Eddie Murphy met Paul McCartney: “It was in the studio at his house”
“You’re sitting with one of The Beatles…”