Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAYMovie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAYTake 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.
BILL MURRAYIt just doesn’t matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER! It just doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter!
BILL MURRAYBuddy Hackett [was] talking – this is Hackett, not me – about the Virgin Mary, a limerick sort of thing, and all these children and families … the look of absolute horror.
BILL MURRAYIf you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just sort of think in your ordinary mind, ‘
BILL MURRAYWhile 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.
BILL MURRAYI think all phases of one’s career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.
BILL MURRAYWe’re born alone. We do need each other. It’s lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that’s part of your obligation.
BILL MURRAYWhen 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.
BILL MURRAYMorocco 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.
BILL MURRAYWell, the past is gone, I know that. The future isn’t here yet, whatever it’s going to be. So, all there is, is this. The present. That’s it.
BILL MURRAYI think romance basically starts with respect. And new romance always starts with respect. Like the song ‘Love the One You’re With’; there is something to that. It’s not just make love to whomever you’re with, it’s just love whomever you’re with.
BILL MURRAYThe automatic things you do are basically those things that keep you from doing the better things you need to do.
BILL MURRAYThose are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
BILL MURRAYI 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 MURRAYOne of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.
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