If you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just sort of think in your ordinary mind, ‘
BILL MURRAYThe human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we’re doing.
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Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.
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Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
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That’s the reason I’m not the one that’s dead because the attraction of the fast life is very powerful.
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So far, I’ve only sailed in the Caribbean. I’ve sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted some really crummy boats in the Grenadines. That made for an exciting sailing trip (laughs) when everything goes well.
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I’m not an ungenerous person; I don’t resent it. It’s just sort of a head-scratcher.
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There’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing.
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Buddy 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.
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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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Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
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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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The critics. When they’re right, they’re right for the wrong reasons. And they’re usually wrong.
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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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When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don’t like to have a situation placed over my head.
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We’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.
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Eh, it’s not that attractive to have a plan. I know that if I ever feel that I need to make a funny movie, I’ll figure out how to write one. I’ll get it done. If I ever get some ambition, I’m gonna get some shit done.
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