I was given 12 precious minutes to sit down and talk with Eddie Murphy, an artist who has dominated late-night TV, blockbuster movies, chart-topping music, and sold-out stand-up shows. For days, I pondered what I would ask, knowing how many life-defining moments he reveals in Being Eddie, the candid and intimate documentary chronicling his life, now streaming on Netflix.

Murphy shares a lot in this revelatory doc: the comedians that influenced him in his childhood years, how his love of life kept him from the dangerous pitfalls that took the lives of so many other stars of his generation and his love of MTV’s absurd stunt series, Ridiculousness. So, what would I bring to this intimate Q&A gathering?

Turns out, Murphy had a story to share with me first. Sitting across from the star at the

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