Groundhog Day’ was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.
BILL MURRAYMovie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
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Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacockof Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.
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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.
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I’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.
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This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.
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When I work, my first relationship with people is professional. There are people who want to be your friend right away. I say, “We’re not gonna be friends until we get this done.
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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 don’t have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don’t need a giant crew. It’s great.
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The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.
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They are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.
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And even if we win, if we win, HAH! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field.
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When I feel like I’m stuck, I do something – not like I’m Mother Teresa or anything, but there’s someone that’s forgotten about in your life, all the time. Someone that could use an ‘Attaboy’ or a ‘How you doin’ out there.
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Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can’t buy backbone. Don’t let them forget it. Thank you.
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My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are.
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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.
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I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
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