Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Eugene Robert Glazer: Director, Teacher #1, Amadeus, Chicago Jones, Dirty Larry

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• Writer : Could she be more black?

  Director : Could you be more black?

• Casting Director : I have another very good idea. Could you tell him to be a little more - you know.

  Director : Yeah, Bobby - Bobby, I need a little more black. You know what I'm saying? Like, stick your ass out, bug the eyes, you know how to move, you know.

  Bobby Taylor : Yeah, jive - jive ass. Jive ass. Jive ass.

• Casting Director : There he is. He's the one we want!

  Bobby Taylor : I just want to be me. I don't want to be Eddie Murphy. I just want to be me. I just want - I he-he-he!

  Writer : Yes!

  Bobby Taylor : Get da fuck outta here.

  Director : That's what we're looking for.

• Casting Director : What we're looking for - is an Eddie Murphy type.

  Director : We want somebody who can act like Eddie Murphy, from head to toe. That's what we want.

  Writer : Someone who can dress like Eddie Murphy. To look like Eddie Murphy. To *be* Eddie Murphy.