black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed – you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different.

Bill Murray

Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAY

Acting Needs Suits
The human condition means that we can zone out and forget what the hell we’re doing.
BILL MURRAY

Forget Hell Interesting Mean Women
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.
BILL MURRAY

Giving Life Live Lonely
You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.
BILL MURRAY

Adventure Common Sense Whiskey
But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything – your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.
BILL MURRAY

Advice Golf People
I met a woman who photographed celebrity dogs for a book, and she told me that Ralph Lauren’s dog is named Rugby. I said, Yeah, but his real name is Stickball.
BILL MURRAY

Book Dog Real
Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.
BILL MURRAY

Errors Otherwise Thinking
People usually go through a bad period when they first get successful. You’re new and you’re hot and things go wrong.
BILL MURRAY

Hot People Successful
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
BILL MURRAY

Acting Awards Campaigns
Back 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.
BILL MURRAY

Frighten People Rattle Supercharged
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.
BILL MURRAY

Cities might Son
Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
BILL MURRAY

Being Hardest Jobs Yourself
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.
BILL MURRAY

Attractive Movie Need Plans
Just the very thought of someone my age going to visit old girlfriends had instant appeal.Even women think, ‘That would be interesting.’ Not comfortable, but interesting. It is not a comfortable film at any point.
BILL MURRAY

Girlfriend Interesting Thinking
Everyone needs to take a vacation from the sort of automatic things you do.
BILL MURRAY

Automatic Needs Vacation
So I went, and one of the funniest film moments I’ve ever had was when they introduced the New York film critics. They all stood up – motley isn’t the word for that group.
BILL MURRAY

Critics Group Introduced Stood World

People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed – you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed – you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Murray Quotes