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.
BILL MURRAYThe way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who’s actually doing the distribution in France.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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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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There’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing.
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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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Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
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It just doesn’t matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER! It just doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter!
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You say, “Do you want a piece of this movie?” And he’s got to sell this movie to get his money back. That’s the brains of it; that’s the genius of this financing. “You want Germany? Give us a million dollars and you’ve got Germany.”
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The critics. When they’re right, they’re right for the wrong reasons. And they’re usually wrong.
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Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage – I had to bury myself in my napkin.
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The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
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Well, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn’t here yet, whatever it’s going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That’s it.
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No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.
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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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The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
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I’ve killed myself so many times, I don’t even exist anymore.
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Different 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.
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