If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
BILL MURRAYHarold Ramis and I together did the ‘National Lampoon Show’ off Broadway, ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Stripes,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.
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Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
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I’m a nut, but not just a nut.
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In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can’t help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They’re very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you’re there.
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I’m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do.
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My back hurts. My legs ache. I’m only four!
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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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Harold Ramis and I together did the ‘National Lampoon Show’ off Broadway, ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Stripes,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.
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The only good thing about fame that I’ve gotten is I’ve gotten out of a couple of speeding tickets. I’ve gotten into a restaurant when I didn’t have a suit and tie on. That’s really about it.
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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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When 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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You 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.
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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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You don’t have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don’t need a giant crew. It’s great.
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The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
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Nowadays, the scripts are just so much better, that you don’t have to feel that way. You feel like the script’s coming to you, you can just relax. You don’t have to drive the boat.
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