March 10, 2021
American actor Eddie Murphy got candid about why he decided to step away from the big screen.
Speaking on the WTF with March Maron podcast, the Coming 2 America star discussed how winning three Razzie Awards led him to making the tough decision.
"I was making [expletive] movies," Murphy said.
"I was like, 'This [expletive] ain't fun. They're giving me Razzies… [expletive] gave me the 'worst actor ever' Razzie. [So I thought], 'Maybe it's time to take a break.' "
In 2010, the star won the Razzie for worst actor of the decade prompting him to stop gracing the big screen.
"I was only gonna take a break for a year, then all of a sudden six years go by, and I'm sitting on the couch and I could sit on the couch and not get off it, but I don't want the last bunch of s--- they see me do [to be] bulls---," Murphy said.
"The plan was to go do Dolemite, Saturday Night Live, Coming 2 America and then do stand-up and see how I felt afterwards."
He added, "At least then they'll know I'm [still] funny."