"I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way."
Eddie Murphy
- "I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."
- "If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow."
- “An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."
- “There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.”
- Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.
- By the time I was 22, I was a professional. A young and flawed professional, but not an amateur."
“To be able to do this job in the first place you've got to have a bit of an ego.”
“My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.”
"There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go."
Tim Curry"But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you - that whatever talents you have, it... I mean it may sound a bit absurd but I, I think it's your, absolutely your duty to resolve them, you know?"
"Don't dream it, be it."
“Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger.”
Russell CroweBilly Dee Williams “Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them.”
