Eddie Murphy's funniest ever interview - The Dick Cavett Show 1985

because the assumption is that maybe if he hadn't been successful he would still be alive today, you say no that's not true, yes I would. be dead but people wouldn't be like you know he's dead no one would know yeah that's a good point you know the other side of that could be when you're not famous and you're trying to come up you think what if I If you were just rich and famous and

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yone recognized me, then I would be happy and knowing that you are not and that you still have the same problems even when you are rich, famous, etc., could be enough to trigger suicide and a guy.

Who is going to do it now? I mean, there was a prince thinking, geez, I'm still miserable. Do you think you could have talked him out of it if you had? How would you approach a guy? Have you

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had this experience? Eddie said. I'm going to take myself out hey man, anyone who is going to be taken out is like he's going to take himself out. I'm not going to mess with them. They could take me out with them maybe during the phone, I would say: don't do it, but I wouldn't approach a person, give me the gun, yeah, no, that's fine, I think I'm going to use your technique from now on, you really don't have afraid to make another movie, I thought that was one of the nicest things that you said that we had a lawyer tonight and, very honestly, you said that it worries me because people are watching the next one because the last one was so successful, you know how the people support you when you come and then I like to say that it was a flash in the pan.

This can't happen to you, I guarantee it, but are you afraid? You can't be afraid of what you can. May everything end. That you suddenly meet one. or two bucks and like that one you made, I'm afraid I mean the best defense, that's your friend, that's the best, the best defense, the best defense, the best, the best defense, the best defense, yeah, I was only moving for 10 minutes. David Jones, yeah, you were in that movie for ten minutes, they added you to that movie, didn't they try it as a band-aid or something? Not in the movie, they just wanted me to do this little cameo within the movie, yeah.

That's what I mean, they brought you in to trade, yes, but that was because they didn't realize that the movie was bad until they finished it, they thought it was a good movie, see until they shot it after filming and it was like we left lose a lot of money on this, yeah, so let's find Murphy and then drag him down or else he'll help us, but the fear is he's not like me, I think if I make a bad movie people will do the same thing as me . I don't like it anymore it's just that I don't know, no, I just don't like going to see bad movies and I don't want to be in one, that's all.

That's fear. Bad movie and people appear in the street. You all are real. I didn't say I started moving. When you got home it was Mayor Koch who told you it wasn't right, but you shouldn't worry, you know, because you could make a few bucks in a row and still be Eddie Murphy, yeah, but I don't want to be. one of those guys that do bad, don't get pumped up, yeah, a lot of guys that like bad just put out movies every two three months, they put out a movie and it's a bad movie and it's like yeah, you can only do that for a while.

By the way, I really like your album. Who is the girl who sings a couple of them in a song? She says song called How could a woman named Crystal Fudge be? It's her last name, but me. I think she will be called Crystal when she starts singing. She's not really glamorous, ladies and gentlemen. The music of Miss Crystal Fudge. She is a very talented lady. Beautiful voice at the beginning. You know, because she didn't have the album. She only had the tape. I thought it was you doing falsetto and then I realized that they could actually do that thing that all those guys go on oh, get up like this and sing.

Can you do it at all? I'm a boy, yes, that's true and I sing. like a guy, but you'll admit one, you'll admit I got this, I can do one thing, you can't, that's what you know, it's the moonwalk, you can walk on the moon, why can't he walk on the moon and I can't, can't I? move I'm not a dancer I'm not an elegant person I would tell you a joke people assume I laugh and walk yes I don't tell a joke and take a little step you are not tina turner you Absolutely, if I could move like Tina, we have to go to a message, but while we're at it, let's

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them that I can do the moonwalk better than you.

I think they want to see you. You think they want to see it. No, the band should play. it's one two he can't do this look that he can't do it there are a few seconds left we know you're a wonderful singer I love your album candy here the guy we had the monopoly game hey candy he's the only one who wasn't so bad there he is Clint That's Clint Hi Jake Uh Clint How are you? this is

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's other member on twitter is here 12. clinton and i went out right there you had a seizure once you suddenly started a monologue about being a middle class uptown black guy you said and then you had a different accent i don't know what was that about bob cera, that's where my managers were, you're a middle class black, you ain't from the door, you die, bed style, you ain't from boogie down bronx, you're a middle class black bob cera, ladies and gentlemen, there have been so many color references in this

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, have you noticed that the black in black and the moonwalk and Uncle Ray in the van, what's going on, all we need is watermelon? and chicken would now make it complete, but what about me?

I mean, you've talked about me, can that be so? and I have to say goodbye, so goodbye.