There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.
BILL MURRAYThere are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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The only way we’ll ever know what it’s like to be you is if you work your best at being you as often as you can, and keep reminding yourself: That’s where home is.
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I’d sort of gone through some sort of spiritual change in the late 70s where I sort of saw there was some other life to live. It changed the way that I worked just having a different presence and a different tension.
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This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.
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I act like a jerk sometimes.
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Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
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We still have to put some cherry syrup on it, and then we can eat it
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The cool part about naming your kid is you don’t have to add six numbers to make sure the name is available.
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If we don’t get this done, we’re never going to be friends, because if we don’t get the job done, then the one thing we did together that we had to do together we failed.”
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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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I’ve been lucky, I’ve had movies that made a lot of money, so I don’t feel like I have to kill every time out. I don’t want that pressure. I don’t need it.
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If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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I knew that’s where I was going. I knew we were going to Italy. You couldn’t make this movie in America at this price. I knew it was going to be big. I knew there was going to be a ship involved and that there was going to be a set as big as the ship.
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Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
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Half of the people in this room are more dressed up than on any other day in the year, and the other half are more dressed down.
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When you see grown men near to tears because they’ve missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.
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All parties are good.
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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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If it starts to drag on set, or if you feel like it’s not a fun experience, people get down, the energy gets down. You’ve got to keep the energy up.
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When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it’s terrible and amazing stuff.
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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 over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you’re in trouble. It’s like wanting to be married – you’ll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I’ve seen it.
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You know…they say an elephant never forgets. What they don’t tell you is, you never forget an elephant.
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People usually go through a bad period when they first get successful. You’re new and you’re hot and things go wrong.
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The only good thing about fame that I’ve gotten is I’ve gotten out of a couple of speeding tickets. I’ve gotten into a restaurant when I didn’t have a suit and tie on. That’s really about it.
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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.
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You’re supposed to have one hand up and one hand down. As you’re trying to going up, you’re trying to pull someone up at the same time.
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