At the beginning of a , Eddie Murphy spoke about the ways he took his fame for granted when he was just starting out. “I started at maybe around 13, 14, saying that I was going to be famous. I’d tell my mother, ‘When I’m famous.
..’ So when I got famous, it was like, ‘See, I told you,’” he recalled.
Clearly, some of that cavalier attitude remains, despite Murphy’s massive success since. In the interview, ostensibly meant to promote , Murphy barely talked about the matter at hand at all. Instead, conversation topics ranged across everything from his frustration with , to his relationship with Marlon Brando, to the joke that kept him away from Studio 8H for 30 years.
Here are some highlights from the very fun conversation: premieres July 3 in theaters..
