Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing ...

"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls. By Carly Thomas Associate ...

"And I asked him, 'Yeah, I'm thinking about playing Alex Haley,'" Murphy explained, according to People. "And Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a ...

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Murphy continued: “Around the same time, I bumped into Sidney Poitier at something and I asked him, ‘Yeah, I’m thinking about playing Alex Hayley.’ Poitier said, ‘You are not Denzel ...

Sidney Poitier (left) and Eddie Murphy.