Overview
- In the new documentary Being Eddie, now streaming on Netflix, Murphy says his frustration in 2007 was getting dressed and attending an awards show he would usually skip.
- Murphy was the Best Supporting Actor frontrunner for Dreamgirls after major precursor wins but lost the Oscar to Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine.
- He reiterates his long-held belief that his 1988 Oscars remarks about racism hurt his standing with the Academy, presenting it as his view rather than a verified fact.
- He tells The Hollywood Reporter that he focuses on doing good work he enjoys and does not think about winning trophies.
- He jokes that if he never wins competitively, he will receive an honorary Oscar at age 90 and make a comic spectacle of the moment.