Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.
BILL MURRAYSo I went, and one of the funniest film moments I’ve ever had was when they introduced the New York film critics. They all stood up – motley isn’t the word for that group.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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You cannot pray them out of hell.
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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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If you have a good script, that’s what gets you involved. It’s harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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There’s only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing.
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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 would jump into the middle of the street and say, “excuse me, there’s a Mercedes that’s got to get through here.” And I would push people out of the way, “get out of the way! Let him through!” Smacking their cars and stuff. Just like, “whack” and you just jump into it.
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Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time away, and any trouble you get into through being well known. It’s not for the acting, that’s for sure.
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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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And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, ‘Oh! You’re gonna be the mayor?’ And I hadn’t even read the script yet.
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Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
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When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don’t like to have a situation placed over my head.
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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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Here’s the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don’t get there, we’re both fired.
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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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You know…they say an elephant never forgets. What they don’t tell you is, you never forget an elephant.
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