Eddie Murphy Quotes

Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.

Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.

It would be easy to say that I want to play a role that was very much like myself, but more or less with acting, you get to be all these different things, and you aren't trying to be yourself, so it's escapism in a way.

And as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.

What people forget is that I'm an actress. That's the wonderful thing about what I do. I get to play different roles.

I'm hoping that maybe I'll start getting a reputation for being a guy who can be pretty versatile. That's the challenge and the fun of being an actor. I love getting to play and do different things.

It is so fantastic being an actress because you have the chance to be a thousand different people when you act.

I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.

My job always is to play a person, not to judge her.

I never really thought about what characters I play. I always just wanted different characters.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.

That's what I love about acting, is playing different roles. I want to work for the character, and not make it work for me.

If you can sell that you're the King of Scotland, or Henry V on a tiny stage in a studio theater somewhere, then you can probably sell that you're a starship captain or a time traveler.

I believe singing should be like being an actor. People shouldn't have any problem buying an actor being in a comedy or a drama or a horror film. That should be the same way with music.

Actors should be timeless and impersonal.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.

I always try to make each character my own.

What I find most interesting about acting is transforming myself.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor and your personality and your take on life, but actually through another portal of a character.

An actor can change himself to fit a part, whereas a personality has to change the part to fit himself. The personality has to say it his own way.