Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAYThe last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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Be available for life to happen.
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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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Religion is the worst enemy of mankind. No single war in the history of humanity has killed as many people as religion has.
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Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It’s so challenging to live, and the people are so close among their own tribes, their own groups, that you can’t rule them all, you can’t get an accord from all of them.
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No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.
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Disneyland. The world’s biggest people trap, built by a mouse.
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The set is stocked with Victorian extras and little children in Oliver kind of outfits, and the director says, “All right, Bud – just give it whatever you want.” And Hackett goes off on a rant. Unbelievably obscene.
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It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.
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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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I act like a jerk sometimes.
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Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They’re tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They’re self-demanding.
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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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I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.
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People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.
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I think we’re all sort of imprisoned by – or at least bound to – the choices we make… You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.
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