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I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can’t hear.)

Bill Murray

I try to be available for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.
BILL MURRAY

Ordinary Past Trying
When I started, the scripts weren’t as good, and you’d have to have a huge burst of energy to go, “Sheesh, how am I going to? This stuff’s no good.”
BILL MURRAY

Energy Everything Relax Trying Visual
I kinda like this Jay-Z thing, where he’s retired, but he keeps doing shows. I think I beat him to that. If you say you’re retired, people don’t bother you so much, and then if you want to do something, you can do it.
BILL MURRAY

People Thinking Want
So you’d have to improvise something or create something or try to work with the ware and try to figure out, how do you make this visually and orally acceptable, entertaining?
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Entertaining Figure Something Visually
Every day, he was talking to the studio about this helicopter shot.
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Every Day Helicopter Studio Talking
And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.’ And he says, ‘Oh, uh, there won’t be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.’ So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
BILL MURRAY

Effort Money Nice
He’s going on and on and on, and finally he stops. It’s just total horror, and the camera’s still rolling. You can hear it, sort of a grinding noise. And the director says, “Anything else, Bud?”
BILL MURRAY

Anything Bud Else Grinding
My first movie, I got nominated for a Canadian Oscar-for Meatballs. For MEATBALLS. And who am I up against? George C. Scott. So he wins the award and I stand up and go, ‘That’s it-let’s get the hell outta here.’
BILL MURRAY

Acting Award Winning
That’s the reason I’m not the one that’s dead because the attraction of the fast life is very powerful.
BILL MURRAY

Life Powerful Reason
Religion is the worst enemy of mankind. No single war in the history of humanity has killed as many people as religion has.
BILL MURRAY

Enemy People War Worst
If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
BILL MURRAY

Harder Scripts Writing
Disneyland. The world’s biggest people trap, built by a mouse.
BILL MURRAY

People Traps World
Nowadays, the scripts are just so much better, that you don’t have to feel that way. You feel like the script’s coming to you, you can just relax. You don’t have to drive the boat.
BILL MURRAY

Coming Nowadays Relax Scripts
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.
BILL MURRAY

Film Giants Needs
It’s much harder to play beloved than to play a rotten guy. Rotten guy is a piece of cake. So playing a beloved person really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project.
BILL MURRAY

Cake Guy Play
The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You’ve got to give them a year and a half, two years.
BILL MURRAY

Ass Famous Giving Two Years

I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can’t hear.)

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