American - Comedian | April 3, 1961 -
The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
Eddie Murphy
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I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.
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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!'
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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.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I had a band before I did standup - I've always done music. I got known for being funny, and that's how I make a living - and from acting - but I never stopped playing and producing and recording music.
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There's a bunch of places in the world I haven't been to, 'cause I can only be on a plane for a little bit. I'm like, 'How long is it to get there? Two days on a plane? What? No.'
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'SNL' is part of my history. I got on the show as a kid. That's the show I got known from.
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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
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