I’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.
BILL MURRAYI’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.
BILL MURRAYTotie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.
BILL MURRAYI’m a nut, but not just a nut.
BILL MURRAYThe more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.
BILL MURRAYMy first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, ‘That’s it-let’s get the hell outta here.’
BILL MURRAYWe still have to put some cherry syrup on it, and then we can eat it
BILL MURRAYWhen you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I’m just trying to make the sound guy laugh, the script supervisor.
BILL MURRAYThose are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
BILL MURRAYI don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
BILL MURRAYYou know…they say an elephant never forgets. What they don’t tell you is, you never forget an elephant.
BILL MURRAYI act like a jerk sometimes.
BILL MURRAYWe’re born alone. We do need each other. It’s lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that’s part of your obligation.
BILL MURRAYPeople are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.
BILL MURRAYDifferent vodkas have different effects. Some make you feel a little… poly-lingual. Some make you feel like you want to talk back to someone who’s giving you a hard time. Some make you feel like lifting kettle bells.
BILL MURRAYI 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.
BILL MURRAYI thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can’t hear.)
BILL MURRAY