I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.
BILL MURRAYBack then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me.
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That’s sort of why I got into acting. I realized the more fun I had, the better I did it. And I thought, that’s a job I could be proud of. It’s changed my life learning that, and it’s made me better at what I do.
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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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And I don’t like to work. I only like working when I’m working.
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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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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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To people who want to be rich and famous, I’d say, “Get rich first and see if that doesn’t cover it.”
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Every day, he was talking to the studio about this helicopter shot.
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The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
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I really don’t know what’s going to come out of my mouth.
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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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All of us kids ended up ‘doing Mom.’ There are four of us who’ve tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
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I 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.
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And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, ‘Oh! You’re gonna be the mayor?’ And I hadn’t even read the script yet.
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There’s definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It’s a nice gift, but there’s a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through.
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When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I’m just trying to make the sound guy laugh, the script supervisor.
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