Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.
BILL MURRAYThe set is stocked with Victorian extras and little children in Oliver kind of outfits, and the director says, “All right, Bud – just give it whatever you want.” And Hackett goes off on a rant. Unbelievably obscene.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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Disneyland. The world’s biggest people trap, built by a mouse.
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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’ve killed myself so many times, I don’t even exist anymore.
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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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The critics. When they’re right, they’re right for the wrong reasons. And they’re usually wrong.
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So you’d have to improvise something or create something or try to work with the ware and try to figure out, how do you make this visually and orally acceptable, entertaining?
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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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If you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just sort of think in your ordinary mind, ‘
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You cannot pray them out of hell.
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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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The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
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Everyone needs to take a vacation from the sort of automatic things you do.
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Morocco is the greatest. I should be getting money from the Moroccans because I’m just telling everyone that it’s a wonderful place to go.
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Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
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To people who want to be rich and famous, I’d say, “Get rich first and see if that doesn’t cover it.”
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