Making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
Eddie MurphyMy life is nothing like the Daddy Day Care life. Me around the house is nothing like the Daddy Day Care dad.
Eddie MurphyIn 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 MurphyIf I don't die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.
Eddie MurphyTheres 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 didnt want to be doing the same thing all the time. Every now and then, you crash and burn, but thats part of it.
Eddie Murphy