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.
BILL MURRAYI’ve got kids and that’s important. It’s funny, you think that there’s an expiration date on them and there just isn’t.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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You can tell how boring a person is by the lack of fear in their eyes when someone is flipping through photos on their phone.
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He’s going on and on and on, and finally he stops. It’s just total horror, and the camera’s still rolling. You can hear it, sort of a grinding noise. And the director says, “Anything else, Bud?”
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This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.
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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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Every day, he was talking to the studio about this helicopter shot.
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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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I’d like [Santa Claus] to give Wes Anderson, the director, enough money in his next budget for an aerial shot – just a little copter shot. He really wanted this one helicopter shot, and Disney wouldn’t give him the money. Just wouldn’t give him the money.
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Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
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There’s definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It’s a nice gift, but there’s a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through.
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The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we’re doing.
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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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You cannot pray them out of hell.
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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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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.
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