Eddie Murphy has explained he walked out of the 2007 Oscars because he didn’t want people feeling sorry for him after losing the Best Supporting Actor award.
The 64-year-old actor received a nomination for his role as James Thunder Early in the film Dreamgirls, but Alan Arkin (who has since passed away) won the award for Little Miss Sunshine.
He said he left quickly after Clint Eastwood, the famous actor, comforted him.
Eddie explained to Entertainment Weekly that after losing at the Oscars, people kept approaching him and patting him on the shoulder.
Clint Eastwood briefly touched my shoulder, and I immediately knew I didn’t want to spend the evening being treated like someone who needed comforting. I decided it was best to just leave, but I didn’t make a dramatic exit – I simply didn’t want to be the focus of anyone’s sympathy.
Eddie remembered being certain Arkin would win the Oscar – he’d seen Little Miss Sunshine months before it came out and knew then it was a winning performance.
Eddie Murphy recounted that Jeff Katzenberg showed him ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ months before its release. Even before receiving any nominations himself, Murphy watched the film and immediately told Katzenberg that Alan Arkin’s performance was Oscar-worthy, predicting it would win someone an Academy Award.
‘I said those exact words. I was like, “He could steal somebody’s Oscar”, then he stole mine.’
Eddie then clarified: ‘No, I don’t feel like he stole mine.’
Eddie Murphy, known for his role in ‘Coming to America’, has never received an Oscar and believes winning one relies more on luck and subjective opinion than pure talent or skill.
He explained that winning an Oscar isn’t a formulaic process. It’s not about following a specific set of steps to guarantee success; it’s more about artistic merit than technical skill.
It’s not just about the award itself; winning an Oscar brings a lot of other things into the mix – things like campaigning, past relationships, and expectations of favors. All that extra stuff becomes important.
Murphy felt that Arkin – who died aged 89 in 2023 – met the requirements for Oscars glory.
He believes the actor’s performance, considering his entire career, is Oscar-worthy and truly exceptional.
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2026-01-05 13:20