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 MURRAYMy 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 MURRAYIf you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
BILL MURRAYWell it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
BILL MURRAYWhen 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 MURRAYYou have to be as light as you can be, and you don’t have to be weighted down, stuck in your emotions and stuck in your body, stuck in your head. You just want to try and elevate something.
BILL MURRAYIf 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.”
BILL MURRAYSomewhere there’s a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.
BILL MURRAYI act like a jerk sometimes.
BILL MURRAYYou cannot pray them out of hell.
BILL MURRAYI’m a nut, but not just a nut.
BILL MURRAYI’m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do.
BILL MURRAYThere’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing.
BILL MURRAYYou 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 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 MURRAYThis is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.
BILL MURRAYMy back hurts. My legs ache. I’m only four!
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