Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

Dom Irrera: Writer

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Quotes 

• Writer : Could she be more black?

  Director : Could you be more black?

• Writer : To have a Murphy-like quality. To be Murphyesque. To be Murphonic.

• [last lines] 

  Writer : I learned about blacks, from TV. So, please don't be, angry with me.

• 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.