Eddie Murphy Quotes

I love the idea of playing a character that didn't over think everything. He knows what's in front of him and he has an ability to just say whatever he felt.

One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.

Being on stage is the best part of my career. I just say whatever comes into my head. It's the only time I feel grown-up and in control of things.

I've always been more natural at doing hosting things: reading teleprompters, taking direction and asking questions... I'm actually able to perform a little bit.

I just get onstage and sing. I don't think about how I'm going to do it - it's too complicated.

I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed.

I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.

I don't really think, I just walk.

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

I was driven to give the best possible performance I could based on the material that was given to me and that material was documentary footage of the President speaking to people.

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing.

I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.

I knew from the second I stepped onstage. I was like, yep, this is what I want to do.

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.

The thing that makes you a good 'Caraoke Showdown' singer is you gotta have some knowledge of these songs. You gotta be ready to attack. You gotta shut your brain off and just go.

I enjoy, always, the feeling of being in front of an audience.

I think of myself as a theater animal instead of an intellectual animal.

I don't need a stage to perform. We just need something to stand on.

I've realized what I want to do in life in that I just love being in front of the camera.

I think my natural home was always the stage.

Getting up in front of an audience is my biggest motivation.

If you're an open channel when you're onstage, if you're just a vessel, things are going to come out that are stored away deep in your DNA.

I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.