Happy Birthday Eddie Murphy!

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.

Ich habe vor 80 Millionen Dollar aufgehört, mir Gedanken über meine Karriere zu machen. Wenn sie zu Ende ist, bleibe ich gemütlich zu Hause und kümmere mich um meine Kids.

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Früher bin ich auf alles gesprungen, was sich bewegte. Dazu muss ich aber sagen, dass einige Damen durchaus kooperativ waren.

The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.

There's this little box that African-American actors have to work in, in the first place, and I was able to rise above that box. I could have done a bunch of movies where I stayed as the Axel Foley or Reggie Hammond persona. But I didn't want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but that's part of it.

If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it's on to the next movie.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

I keep telling people I'll make movies until I'm fifty and then I'll go and do something else. I'm going to be a professional gentleman of leisure.

If I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.

The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.

I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.

I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good.

I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.

I started out as an impressionist and that's all about observing - how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

Music has always been around with me.

In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job.

Ultimately, when I go back to the stage, I want to be able to do everything. I want to be able to do music and comedy and all that stuff; that's what all this stuff is leading to.