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 MURRAYThe first year I had money, I really went shopping. I got really caught up in it. I bought all my brothers sets of luggage, and I bought ’em winter coats from Giorgio Armani – winter coats. And I got a pair of socks from this brother.
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And go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And if when you come back to JFK, when you land in JFK, and you’re still in love with that person, get married at the airport.
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When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I’m just trying to make the sound guy laugh, the script supervisor.
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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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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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Every moment that you share someone else’s pain, feel what they feel, makes you more human.
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Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.
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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.
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You cannot pray them out of hell.
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I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn’t I get that day over and over and over?
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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’m just an obnoxious guy who can make it appear charming, that’s what they pay me to do.
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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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People confuse friendship and relaxation. It’s incredibly important to be relaxed – you don’t have a chance if you’re not relaxed. So I try very hard to relax any kind of tension. But friendship is different.
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The critics. When they’re right, they’re right for the wrong reasons. And they’re usually wrong.
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You can tell how boring a person is by the lack of fear in their eyes when someone is flipping through photos on their phone.
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