Eddie Murphy quote: "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."

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest ...
EDDIE MURPHY

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

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

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have t...
EDDIE MURPHY

I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and tha...
EDDIE MURPHY

I love the Beatles.
EDDIE MURPHY

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

I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the sho...
EDDIE MURPHY

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exce...
EDDIE MURPHY

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I ...
EDDIE MURPHY

From the very beginning, I always tried to make dialogue flow comfortably; I always did that to make...
EDDIE MURPHY

After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've ...
EDDIE MURPHY

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back an...
EDDIE MURPHY

I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something...
EDDIE MURPHY

The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip ...
EDDIE MURPHY

If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a gre...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned a...
EDDIE MURPHY

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
EDDIE MURPHY

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guita...
EDDIE MURPHY

I don't know what my Death Row meal would be. I'm surprised that people can even eat when th...
EDDIE MURPHY

Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harv...
EDDIE MURPHY

However wack anyone thought 'Whatzupwitu' was, there's not a lot of people that have foo...
EDDIE MURPHY

The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, th...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm suppose...
EDDIE MURPHY

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make somethin...
EDDIE MURPHY

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

I think in twenty years I'll be looked at like Bob Hope. Doing those president jokes and golf shit. ...
EDDIE MURPHY

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

I never hated hip-hop. It became the new rock and roll. It became the biggest thing that Africans ha...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I&...
EDDIE MURPHY

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Ca...
EDDIE MURPHY

If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it...
EDDIE MURPHY

I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's bec...
EDDIE MURPHY

I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice ...
EDDIE MURPHY

We need to be prepared to help with their rent and utilities for six months to a year, ... We don't ...
EDDIE MURPHY

We want the same effect as if someone's house burned here, ... We want to give them a normal life as...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll d...
EDDIE MURPHY

The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they c...
EDDIE MURPHY

'Nutty Professor' was me going, 'Say what you want to say, but I can do this, and you ca...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the ...
EDDIE MURPHY

Wedding Crashers.
EDDIE MURPHY

The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, pol...
EDDIE MURPHY

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exceptio...
EDDIE MURPHY

That's a new thing for me, to have my costar in a scene turn to me and tell me they love me. In "48 ...
EDDIE MURPHY

The Nutty Professor II,
EDDIE MURPHY

There was a lot of stuff where we were doing scenes, and (we would) bust out laughing, ... more on t...
EDDIE MURPHY

I'm in a whole different part of show business, ... I'm not even part of 'Shakespeare in Love.'
EDDIE MURPHY

My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time...
EDDIE MURPHY

Right now, we've got to stretch that dollar as far as we can.
EDDIE MURPHY

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey...
EDDIE MURPHY

Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down!
EDDIE MURPHY

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I c...
EDDIE MURPHY

The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and th...
EDDIE MURPHY

You know why they think I'm reclusive? I don't do the Hollywood stuff. I've never been o...
EDDIE MURPHY

Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between tak...
EDDIE MURPHY

You know, if you look all my stuff... If you go back to 'Saturday Night Live,' my stuff alwa...
EDDIE MURPHY

Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' ...
EDDIE MURPHY

Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do...
EDDIE MURPHY

In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how the...
EDDIE MURPHY

If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when ...
EDDIE MURPHY

I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read abo...
EDDIE MURPHY

I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was...
EDDIE MURPHY

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.
EDDIE MURPHY

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work ...
EDDIE MURPHY

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...
EDDIE MURPHY

Music has always been around with me.
EDDIE MURPHY

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

I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and wher...
EDDIE MURPHY

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think...
EDDIE MURPHY

'SNL' is part of my history. I got on the show as a kid. That's the show I got known fro...
EDDIE MURPHY

There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plan...
EDDIE MURPHY

I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do ...
EDDIE MURPHY

I've been a big Bob Marley fan forever. Forever. Like big, huge. Bob Marley and the Beatles, tha...
EDDIE MURPHY

My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mu...
TIM MURPHY

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to...
PATRICK MURPHY

Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramificat...
PATRICK MURPHY

I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
PATRICK MURPHY

I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea...
PATRICK MURPHY

The Tea Party movement went off on a more extreme agenda that I did not support at all, and was very...
PATRICK MURPHY

Young people deserve stable employment opportunities and not mountains of debt. When young people ca...
PATRICK MURPHY

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illn...
DALE MURPHY

Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultima...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
ARTHUR MURPHY

It's always great when you're really needed.
DALE MURPHY

I think people found out I'm just like anybody else. I've got problems, too.
DALE MURPHY

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
DALE MURPHY

I've been complimented enough and asked to run for various offices out here in Utah, but right n...
DALE MURPHY

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels...
DALE MURPHY

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
DALE MURPHY

Eddie Haas talked a lot about not hitting the ball in the air.
DALE MURPHY

I miss baseball.
DALE MURPHY

To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.
DALE MURPHY

Whether I'm hitting .100 or .300, I have resolved to at least enjoy every game.
DALE MURPHY

Gee I don't know, I just want to get home.
DALE MURPHY

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.
DALE MURPHY

Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can.
DALE MURPHY

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
DALE MURPHY

Maybe I am naive about certain things. But I'm glad. I know all I want to know.
DALE MURPHY

If you live what you believe, you will always have the respect of others.
DALE MURPHY

I don't agree with everything that any of our political leaders say or believe - that's goin...
DALE MURPHY

You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.
DALE MURPHY

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pic...
GRAEME MURPHY

Today, children are watching more and more television, and are bombarded over and over with images a...
TIM MURPHY

While the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and camer...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticate...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

There are a lot of things you can do with these numbers.
AARON MURPHY

We put Winter [Sneed] out tonight so she could show us coaches what she could do. We believe she can...
AARON MURPHY

They really put their heart into it. They all hit, one after another.
AARON MURPHY

I just tell them they've got to hit for themselves. The more routines they hit, the more confidence ...
AARON MURPHY

It's all about confidence. We've got a really young team now.
AARON MURPHY

In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank ...
C.E. MURPHY

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
ARTHUR MURPHY

If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people.
TOM MURPHY

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.
DALE MURPHY

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their live...
SUE MURPHY

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two f...
MAUREEN MURPHY

Giving birth was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I'd been living in a Third World cou...
CAROLYN MURPHY

Illegal immigration is crisis for our country. It is an open door for drugs, criminals, and potentia...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

Healthcare providers will compete to offer the best record of patient safety at the lowest prices. H...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the proces...
PATRICK MURPHY

The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specia...
FRANK MURPHY

The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with pap...
TIMOTHY MURPHY

One of the more challenging things in life is not being the guy who does the cheating, but not sayin...
DALE MURPHY

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.
DALE MURPHY

After a breakup, it takes a couple weeks for the fog to settle, but it's always a period of self...
BRITTANY MURPHY

It's easy to get wrapped up in sharing everyday life with a partner. It's fun to get lost in...
BRITTANY MURPHY

The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet....
CAROLYN MURPHY

It is claimed, but with what truth we cannot say, that there is a well-defined propaganda among the ...
EMILY MURPHY

Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorou...
RYAN MURPHY

The track is a little bigger than what we normally run around here and I actually thought it might b...
BEN MURPHY

We started 14th and got off to a real good start and moved up pretty quick. I was running second on ...
BEN MURPHY

We know as long as we play hard and play smart defensively and with the goaltending we've got, we're...
BEN MURPHY

We're going down there, line up and play. I don't look at it as a challenge. I look at it as an oppo...
BEN MURPHY

Any time you go on the road, especially when you've got an hour and a half bus ride, it's difficult....
BEN MURPHY

We moved the ball well. They just big played us. We're still confident in what we're doing. On offen...
BEN MURPHY

Nick has to have a good game throwing the ball. Gatlinburg-Pittman likes to crowd the line of scrimm...
BEN MURPHY

Moreover, health center services save money and lives by treating diseases before they become chroni...
TIM MURPHY

I think EDS and CSC are sort of a safe way of playing the tech area, because they're service compani...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

We are concerned about the gain and loss of confidence, but there are different areas of the market ...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

The momentum has been reversed from the upside to the downside, and so they are capitalized on that ...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

In the industrial machinery area I've noticed Ingersoll-Rand has really created a wonderful base and...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

I think investors were too optimistic about an earnings recovery in the first quarter.
BERNADETTE MURPHY

Investors tend to move ahead of what the Fed actually does. And so like in the bond market in 1994, ...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

Corporate profits are what drive the stock market. On the economic front, we have been seeing a slow...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

That's based on the fact that we seem to have set a volume peak in January and a breadth peak in Feb...
BERNADETTE MURPHY

The price of the ticket is exhaustion. Look at the view. And I can see every square inch of the trac...
ANDY MURPHY

They've got some concepts that might work here. They could plug in a model (store) that they would t...
ANDY MURPHY

And up here we bring our own cooler and chairs that are a lot more comfortable than those. Hopefully...
ANDY MURPHY

The price of the ticket is exhaustion.
ANDY MURPHY

It's definitely going to be creative space. It will have a loft feel, with hardwood floors and high ...
ANDY MURPHY

We have some exciting new lines and reinvigorated stores. Customers are going where they know they c...
ANDREW MURPHY

It is a massive market that is still largely state run, so I would expect them to do more deals.
ANDREW MURPHY

the one-day representation of five months of work...we are confident that this is as good as the U c...
ANDREW MURPHY

[Redfest will also attract] over 40 venders, including numerous student groups... (and) The Pie and ...
ANDREW MURPHY

This is the first Redfest ever that has been able to support a skate demonstration,
ANDREW MURPHY

This (Redfest) is a free, all-day long party for the university, ... has an incredibly diverse array...
ANDREW MURPHY

I am confident against Rokewood. They have five or six really good players in their team which we wi...
ANDREW MURPHY

I thought it was a four team competition and now it's down to three,
ANDREW MURPHY

“Marshmallow.”
MONICA MURPHY

We have to find a way to get up for these games. It's a winning mentality that has been missing in t...
ANGIE MURPHY

It's stressful. There's a high workload - lots of deadlines to meet. This is a special group of kids...
ANGIE MURPHY

We were still in the game (after the first quarter), unbelievably. But this was a wonderful opportun...
ANGIE MURPHY

I told them we can't play any worse and we're still in the game.
ANGIE MURPHY

They play so well offensively. They can hit you from many different directions.
ANGIE MURPHY

We're going to need a lot of help to win conference. But our goals are still there. We're getting re...
ANGIE MURPHY

He was a gentle giant, a big guy with a big heart.
ANN MURPHY

These kids never knew what hit them. Everyone involved in this, ... their lives are changed forever.
ANN MURPHY

We can have all these wonderful things in place,
ANN MURPHY

you can use it for your clothes, your body, your food and your carpets.
ANN MURPHY

It's definitely a big trend that will, over time, get bigger and bigger,
ANN MURPHY

$20 is usually what it takes to do six deliveries.
ANN MURPHY

I always bring my business card with me on vacation. You never know where your next opportunity will...
ANN MURPHY

[For now, delivery prices are staying put.] Normally we only charge $6 and $8 for Louisville, ... bu...
ANN MURPHY

What we try to do is develop housing that the average wage-earner can reasonably afford.
ANN MURPHY

We collected over 500 signatures in less than a week. We aren't letting this go. If this bill doesn'...
ANN MURPHY

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
ARTHUR MURPHY

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.
ARTHUR MURPHY

I'd hoped we'd get proposals, and I hope we'll get something in three to four weeks,
ARTHUR MURPHY

I hope something comes in the next three to four weeks,
ARTHUR MURPHY

Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health
ARTHUR MURPHY

Above the vulgar flight of common souls.
ARTHUR MURPHY

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.
AUDIE MURPHY

I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over...
AUDIE MURPHY

And freedom is what America means to the world.
AUDIE MURPHY

I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd be...
AUDIE MURPHY

Lead from the front.
AUDIE MURPHY

The true meaning of America, you ask? It's in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman's badge, in the sound of...
AUDIE MURPHY

We are open to continuing talks with the hospital industry and listening to what other amendments ma...
ANNE MURPHY

We don't think bad debt is equivalent to charity care.
ANNE MURPHY

The attorney general's perspective is that she would like to have a clear and fair set of standards ...
ANNE MURPHY

We believe there will be significant modifications to the bill before it moves forward in the legisl...
ANNE MURPHY

We anticipate substantial amendments to the bill.
ANNE MURPHY

We are continuing to negotiate actively with the representatives and hospital industry to keep talks...
ANNE MURPHY

I write narrative nonfiction, creating lively scenes through action and the use of quotes from first...
JIM MURPHY

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as th...
GRAEME MURPHY

I enjoy all aspects of it, I don't have a preference for any medium. I think each of them has it...
CILLIAN MURPHY

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom ...
FRANK MURPHY

I had dreamed of visiting Bali for many years and because I had an extended family of Balinese frien...
CAROLYN MURPHY

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of U...
CAROLYN MURPHY

God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
DALE 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.

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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.

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