Eddie Murphy – star of DolemiteIsMyName – is opening up about his upcoming SNL hosting gig: 'SNL is such a big part of who I am, and you don't want to go back after thirty-five years and the show is like, 'ah, it was alright''
Saturday Night Liveto talk about his comedic inspirations and the strange question he was asked by then-President Barack Obama while receiving the Mark Twain Prize in 2015.
Firstly, Murphy recalled the former president asking him, "When are you going to do stand up again?" This is a question the comedian has been asked by many industry figures and fans over the years, and he recentlythat he'll be embarking on a stand up tour in 2020. Colbert was curious if Murphy had performed his Obama impression at that time, however the comedian replied, "I don't really know if I do a good Obama." Elaborating more on his interaction with Obama, Murphy shared that his hair was a topic of conversation due to the lack of grey hairs.
Colbert maximized the appearance of the legendary comic on his CBS show by asking a host of comedy- and career-related questions, including, at one point, which comedic "greats" he's inspired by. Murphy's favorites included Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Charlie Chaplin, but he said he "aspired" to be most like Pryor. Outside of comedy, Murphy also cited Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee. When I take a gun out in a movie, I'm trying to do Bruce Lee faces," he said.
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