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 MURRAYThe Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
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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People say I’m difficult and sometimes that’s a badge of honour.
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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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Disneyland. The world’s biggest people trap, built by a mouse.
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Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then.
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My back hurts. My legs ache. I’m only four!
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Now, for some of you it doesn’t matter. You were born rich and you’re going to stay rich. But here’s my advice to the rest of you.
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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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When I started, the scripts weren’t as good, and you’d have to have a huge burst of energy to go, “Sheesh, how am I going to? This stuff’s no good.”
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I don’t believe that you can give the same performance every take. It’s physically impossible, so why bother? If you don’t do what is happening at that moment, then it’s not real. Then you’re holding something back.
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While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did.
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Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.
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I act like a jerk sometimes.
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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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The cell will completely collapse and become nothing. That’s kind of what it’s like being famous. People say hi, how are you doing, and after the thousandth time, you just get angry; you really pop.
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