I’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.
BILL MURRAYWhen the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don’t like to have a situation placed over my head.
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If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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You want my dark side? Have I ever stolen anything? Not so much intentionally. But I don’t think it’s so much stealing as… being a part of the flow of the universe.
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I didn’t get into this position by being like a stiff sitting on the set in a folding chair. I did it by walking around on the streets and stirring things up.
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When I was a little kid playing baseball, my manager called me Sleepy. And only a few people, who know me from way, way back, call me that still. I used to drift off and that’s why they made me the catcher, so I wouldn’t fall asleep. That gift I have still.
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Now, for some of you it doesn’t matter. You were born rich and you’re going to stay rich. But here’s my advice to the rest of you.
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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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Half of the people in this room are more dressed up than on any other day in the year, and the other half are more dressed down.
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Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
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And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, ‘Oh! You’re gonna be the mayor?’ And I hadn’t even read the script yet.
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I don’t answer fan mail. I don’t have time for that. It’s like hundreds of thousands of people who think they’re going to become millionaires getting autographs from movie actors. I don’t have time for those idiots. I’ve got stuff to do.
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I don’t know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn’t know how much money I was making.
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The way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who’s actually doing the distribution in France.
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Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.
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I’m a nut, but not just a nut.
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People say I’m difficult and sometimes that’s a badge of honour.
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