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Eddie Murphy

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Eddie Murphy said : "So many of my contemporaries are dead, like the people that came on the scene when I came on the scene in the '80s,"

themirror Friday, January 17, 2020 7:42:00 AM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “I’ve seen stuff that I’ll go, like, oh, that’s, ooh, yeah, you’ll get a joke that’s cringey,” “But that’s not to say that I don’t appreciate it. I still appreciate it. And I’m looking at it within the context of the times, you know. And I’m going, OK, I’m a kid, saying that”

dailytimesPK Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:55:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said ( about Bill Cosby ) : "If you would have told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring, stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail... I would have took that bet,"

foxnews Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "People are saying, 'You’re back! It’s a comeback!' "

usaToday Monday, December 30, 2019 10:37:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy acknowledged : "I've seen (old) stuff (now) where you go like, 'Oh, that's – ooh.' Yeah, you get a joke every now and then that's cringey. But that's not to say I don't appreciate it. I can still appreciate it. And I'm looking at it within the context of the time. I'm going, 'Okay, I'm a kid saying that.' "

usaToday Monday, December 30, 2019 7:43:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "I guess, you know, they like to say comeback,"

CBSnews Sunday, December 29, 2019 5:48:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "I'm going to give this award, black people will not ride the caboose of society and we're not going to bring up the rear any more,"

CBSnews Sunday, December 29, 2019 5:48:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "There's nothing like making people laugh," "And being able to do that for a living is a blessing and a privilege. There's no higher calling for an artist. There's nothing like hearing that big crowd of people, just hearing people laugh, there's nothing like that. Nothing"

CBSnews Sunday, December 29, 2019 5:48:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said ( about Bill Cosby ) : "If you told me 30 years ago that I'd be this boring stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail, even I wouldn't have took that bet,"

chicagotribune Tuesday, December 24, 2019 12:42:00 AM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “Yeah, I look at least five years younger there,” “You know what they always say: Money don’t crack”

HonululuAdvertiser Monday, December 23, 2019 9:42:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy told : “I’ve passed kidney stones with more personality than the two of you,”

HonululuAdvertiser Monday, December 23, 2019 9:42:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “It’s like a magic trick,” “White people pay a lot of money and then poof, all the black people are gone”

HonululuAdvertiser Monday, December 23, 2019 9:42:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said ( about Kevin Hart ) : “I had a new baby, just about a year ago. That means I have 10 kids now, 11 if you count Kevin Hart”

dailytimesPK Monday, December 23, 2019 8:20:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy added : “Who is America’s dad now?”

dailytimesPK Monday, December 23, 2019 8:20:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said ( about Bill Cosby ) : “If you would have told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring, stay-at-home house dad and Bill Cosby would be in jail … I would have took that bet,”

thegrio Monday, December 23, 2019 8:10:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "It's great to be back here finally hosting 'Saturday Night Live,'"

news-yahoo Monday, December 23, 2019 9:20:00 AM EAT

Eddie Murphy added : “Now, every time I see it, I feel like an idiot,”

huffingtonpost-us-en Sunday, December 22, 2019 2:29:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “It’s like a magic trick,” “White people pay a lot of money and then, poof, all of the black people are gone”

actionnewsjax Sunday, December 22, 2019 12:29:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy told : “All I knew at the moment was that I was extremely fortunate,”

globalnews Sunday, December 22, 2019 12:16:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy remarked : “See, this is why I came back to Saturday Night Live ,”

globalnews Sunday, December 22, 2019 12:16:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy told ( about Bill Cosby ) : "We're talking about a Bill Cosby thing maybe,"

wacotrib Friday, December 20, 2019 8:51:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "I'm down for whatever. As long as it's really, really funny"

wacotrib Friday, December 20, 2019 8:51:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy told ( about Bill Cosby ) : “We’re talking about a Gumby thing; we’re talking about a Buckwheat thing and I told you a Bill Cosby thing, maybe,”

thegrio Friday, December 20, 2019 7:06:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy added ( about Bill Cosby ) : “I don’t know if (Cosby) would think it was funny,” “I’m down for whatever, as long as it’s really, really funny”

thegrio Friday, December 20, 2019 7:06:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “My kids have all flown in for this — they’re all flying out,”

thegrio Friday, December 20, 2019 7:06:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy told : “Man, I’ve been making movies for almost 40 years and every few years when I do a movie, they say I’m coming back. I’m like, ‘Okay, that’s how you want to spin it.’ I’ve been making movies for almost 40 years. And my movies have made so much money. The whole comeback and stuff, you can’t really say that,”

dailytimesPK Sunday, December 15, 2019 9:19:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : “My movies have made $7 billion. I am on television 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you go and look on the movie channels right now, whatever, HBO and Cinemax, Starz, and Fox, my movies are all on constantly. There’s no one that doesn’t know Shrek and never seen Beverly Hills Cop,”

dailytimesPK Sunday, December 15, 2019 9:19:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "My movies have made $7 billion. I am on television 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you go and look on the movie channels right now, whatever, HBO and Cinemax, Starz, and Fox, my movies are all on constantly. There's no one that doesn't know 'Shrek' and never seen 'Beverly Hills Cop',"

business-standard Sunday, December 15, 2019 12:09:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said : "A lot of people have this expectation, like people would say to me when they found out I was doing it, 'Don't f**k that movie up.' "

southernminn Wednesday, December 11, 2019 3:52:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy said ( about Beverley Hills ) : "Yeah that's what we're doing after 'Coming to America 2'. We're doing 'Beverly Hills Cop' and then the plan is to get back on stage and do more stand-up"

southernminn Wednesday, December 11, 2019 3:52:00 PM EAT

Eddie Murphy dice : “Cuando soy chistoso, siento este espíritu surgir” “Ese espíritu está surgiendo mucho en mí ahora. Me salen cosas como solían. Esta película me ha levantado los ánimos. Esta película me ha sacado del sofá”