The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
BILL MURRAYYou can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
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I don’t feel like it’s pressure. It’s more of an obligation – not to entertain or be funny, but to have a certain levity. I mean, there’s got to be a lightness in your leg.
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Religion is the worst enemy of mankind. No single war in the history of humanity has killed as many people as religion has.
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I 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.
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I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
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If Google doesn’t know the answer, then it’s not a question
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I’m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do.
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And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.’ And he says, ‘Oh, uh, there won’t be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.’ So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
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Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
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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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Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment industry, and they finally get up there to that podium and they become the most boring people in the world.
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It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.
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Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They’re tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They’re self-demanding.
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I would jump into the middle of the street and say, “excuse me, there’s a Mercedes that’s got to get through here.” And I would push people out of the way, “get out of the way! Let him through!” Smacking their cars and stuff. Just like, “whack” and you just jump into it.
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But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything – your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.
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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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