Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fthat he"forced himself" to stop doing his iconic laugh after it became too iconic following the enormous success of the original 1984 film.
"In the '80s, I was like, 'I don't want to be known for a laugh,'" Murphy said, explaining that comedians always resorted to the laugh when doing impressions of him. "That's all they did was that laugh… It was like, 'Hey, you know what, I'm going to stop laughing.' I forced myself to stop laughing, which is really an unnatural thing. You laugh, and it's like, 'I have to stop laughing like that.
"The impressions, and just… we're making too much of it. Even still!" Murphy added. "If you say do an impression, they'll do that laugh. They'll talk like me, and they'll talk like the Donkey [character fromWhile Murphy has made a living and a formidable legacy making other people laugh, this isn't the first time he's been on the other side of a joke.
But it seems Murphy is having… the last laugh. In the middle of a career resurgence, one of many in his 40-plus years of fame, Murphy has returned to the character that made him a superstar, proving that he's much more than just an trademark titter.
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