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Eddie Murphy Quotes

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!

Eddie Murphy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: April 3, 1961

Topics

Character Basketball Think Short Off

I hope I can become a good enough filmmaker where I can take a script that I'm not 'heart and soul' into, but I could still make something really great out of it.

Joe Carnahan

Good Hope Heart Great Soul Enough

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

Jehane Noujaim

Think Laugh Media You Conversation

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Jean Paul

Inspirational Joy Evening Down Dew

Actual happiness is sometimes confused with the pursuit of it; and the most mindless and crass how-tos can get jumbled in with the modestly useful, the appealingly personal, and the genuinely interesting.

Amy Bloom

Happiness Confused Interesting Get

I never dreamed I'd be in Congress, or even in the NFL, for that matter. Well, I guess I dreamed about being in the NFL, but I didn't believe it would happen. I'm not the biggest guy. But I guess that's the story of my life.

Steve Largent

Life Believe Story My Life Matter

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

Steve Wozniak

Work Intelligence Smart People Doors

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

Robert Englund

Today Think Whistle Like I Think

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Tom Cruise

Life Learning Passionate About

Whenever I was planning a trip or a holiday, flights and hotels were easy. But when it comes to the stuff you want to do when you get there, working that out was really hard.

Ruzwana Bashir

Planning Easy You Holiday Want Hard

I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because he had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director. I was going to stay there and make sure that he couldn't replace me.

Louis Freeh

Me Director FBI Stay Going Sure

I'm always trying to do as many different things as I can, just so when one is not doing so hot, maybe the other is still there.

Chris Stapleton

Doing Trying I Can Hot Always Just

How can you turn down Marks and Gran? Their scripts are so rich in texture.

Art Malik

Rich You Down Turn Texture How