I had all the intentions of being the next Eddie Murphy.

Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Dava Carvey, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell - they're all the best.

On 'Shrek,' Eddie Murphy was locked in as the donkey before we'd even designed the donkey.

As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.

Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.

Cool is the enemy of funny. You can't be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.