There’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing.
BILL MURRAYAll of us kids ended up ‘doing Mom.’ There are four of us who’ve tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.
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Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired.
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To people who want to be rich and famous, I’d say, “Get rich first and see if that doesn’t cover it.”
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I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.
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I didn’t get into this position by being like a stiff sitting on the set in a folding chair. I did it by walking around on the streets and stirring things up.
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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.
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The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.
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This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.
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People say I’m difficult and sometimes that’s a badge of honour.
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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 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 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.
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The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.
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In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can’t help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They’re very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you’re there.
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When I work, my first relationship with people is professional. There are people who want to be your friend right away. I say, “We’re not gonna be friends until we get this done.
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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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