Eddie Murphy could quit movies for stand-up
Eddie Murphy
could give up movies for stand-up.
The
58-year-old comedian has hinted his upcoming Netflix special could mark a
regular return to live comedy, as he feels he’s better suited to that than
acting.
Speaking to WSJ Magazine, he said: “Once I get back on stage, I kind of feel like that’s what I was born to do more than anything.
“When I
get back on the stage, I can’t imagine wanting to do movies again.”
The Beverly
Hills Cop star – who has sons Eric, 30, Christian, 28, Miles, 26, and Max,
10 months, and daughters Bria, 29, Shayne, 25, Zola, 19, Bella, 17, Angel, 12,
and three-year-old Izzy – also revealed that working on films keeps him away
from his family too much.
He added:
“What I like to do more than anything is just be home with my family,
chilling. It’s really easy to feel like you’re working when you make a movie.
“You’ve
got to get up at five, six in the morning. I started making movies when I was
20 years old, when I made 48 Hrs. That’s f***ing 38 years. You’ve been
on a movie set, you see how this s**t is. It’s not a fun process.”
