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Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage – I had to bury myself in my napkin.

Bill Murray

I was at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards one year – they called me up when somebody canceled two days before the thing, and asked me to present some awards.
BILL MURRAY

Award Country Years
I 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

Director Headed Heck Success Whole
Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
BILL MURRAY

Blood Giving Inspirational
The way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who’s actually doing the distribution in France.
BILL MURRAY

Giving Guy Independent
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.
BILL MURRAY

Family Friends Lonely Want
I think midlife crisis is just a point where people’s careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.
BILL MURRAY

Careers People Relationships Thinking
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?”
BILL MURRAY

Anything Bud Else Grinding
I really don’t know what’s going to come out of my mouth.
BILL MURRAY

Intuition Knows Mouths
You can’t think about what you’re going to do. It just gets in the way. You have to be just available for life, otherwise you’re not bringing anything to the party. So I don’t lie awake thinking about what I’m going to do workwise. There’s just too much going on.
BILL MURRAY

Lying Party Thinking
I think we’re all sort of imprisoned by – or at least bound to – the choices we make… You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.
BILL MURRAY

Choices Thinking Want
The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
BILL MURRAY

Lasts Roles Want
If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it’s not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You’ve got to keep the energy up.
BILL MURRAY

Energy Fun People
Just beat my record for most consecutive days without dying.
BILL MURRAY

Deep Dying Humor Thought
And go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And if when you come back to JFK, when you land in JFK, and you’re still in love with that person, get married at the airport.
BILL MURRAY

Airport Back Come Married Person
The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we’re doing.
BILL MURRAY

Forget Hell Interesting Mean Women
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.
BILL MURRAY

Cake Guy Play

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