Elsewhere in the interview, Murphy listed off his “Mount Rushmore” of his favorite movies of his career, which included Coming to America (1988), The Nutty Professor (1996), Shrek (2001) and the musical Dreamgirls (2006), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

The actor defended the critically panned 2007 comedy, citing "Holy Man" and "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" as much worse.