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 MURRAYBack 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 MURRAYAwards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
BILL MURRAYHere’s the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don’t get there, we’re both fired.
BILL MURRAYI don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
BILL MURRAYDisneyland. The world’s biggest people trap, built by a mouse.
BILL MURRAYYou want my dark side? Have I ever stolen anything? Not so much intentionally. But I don’t think it’s so much stealing as… being a part of the flow of the universe.
BILL MURRAYIf you have someone that you think is The One, don’t just sort of think in your ordinary mind, ‘
BILL MURRAYThey are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.
BILL MURRAYGroundhog Day’ was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.
BILL MURRAYI don’t answer fan mail. I don’t have time for that. It’s like hundreds of thousands of people who think they’re going to become millionaires getting autographs from movie actors. I don’t have time for those idiots. I’ve got stuff to do.
BILL MURRAYI really don’t know what’s going to come out of my mouth.
BILL MURRAYOkay, let’s pick a date. Let’s plan this and make a party and get married.’ Take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world.
BILL MURRAYGrab this day by the neck and kiss it.
BILL MURRAYThe way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who’s actually doing the distribution in France.
BILL MURRAYYou can’t think about what you’re going to do. It just gets in the way. You have to be just available for life, otherwise you’re not bringing anything to the party. So I don’t lie awake thinking about what I’m going to do workwise. There’s just too much going on.
BILL MURRAYGolf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then.
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