It’s much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project.
BILL MURRAYYou know the theory of cell irritability? If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change and then re-form into its original shape. And then, the thousandth time you poke this amoeba.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
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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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Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
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You cannot pray them out of hell.
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I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
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Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
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The only way we’ll ever know what it’s like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself: That’s where home is.
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I think we’re all sort of imprisoned by – or at least bound to – the choices we make… You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.
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That’s sort of why I got into acting. I realized the more fun I had, the better I did it. And I thought, that’s a job I could be proud of. It’s changed my life learning that, and it’s made me better at what I do.
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When I work, my first relationship with people is professional. There are people who want to be your friend right away. I say, “We’re not gonna be friends until we get this done.
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If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it’s not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You’ve got to keep the energy up.
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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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Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
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I act like a jerk sometimes.
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People say I’m difficult and sometimes that’s a badge of honour.
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