I’m over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you’re in trouble. It’s like wanting to be married – you’ll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I’ve seen it.
BILL MURRAYYou can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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I act like a jerk sometimes.
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Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
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I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
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I think all phases of one’s career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.
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I think midlife crisis is just a point where people’s careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.
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While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did.
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One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.
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I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.
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I’ve killed myself so many times, I don’t even exist anymore.
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I don’t know what my fans are going to think. It’s definitely not what they’re used to from me.
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I kinda like this Jay-Z thing, where he’s retired, but he keeps doing shows. I think I beat him to that. If you say you’re retired, people don’t bother you so much, and then if you want to do something, you can do it.
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But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything – your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.
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You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
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Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can’t buy backbone. Don’t let them forget it. Thank you.
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Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then.
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