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This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.

Bill Murray

I don’t believe that you can give the same performance every take. It’s physically impossible, so why bother? If you don’t do what is happening at that moment, then it’s not real. Then you’re holding something back.
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Believe Giving Real
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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Ass Famous Giving Two Years
You know…they say an elephant never forgets. What they don’t tell you is, you never forget an elephant.
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Elephants Forget never
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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Boring Eye Phones
You work, you get paid, you drink.
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Drink Get Paid
It’s hard to be an artist. It’s hard to be anything. It’s hard to be.
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Anything Artist Hard
I’m just a potato that won’t quit. I’m a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I’ve got legs.
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Eye Legs Potatoes
I think romance basically starts with respect. And new romance always starts with respect. Like the song ‘Love the One You’re With’; there is something to that. It’s not just make love to whomever you’re with, it’s just love whomever you’re with.
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Romance Song Thinking
There aren’t many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that’s a 24 hour job right there.
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Acting Asking Jobs
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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Home Reminding Way Yourself
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything.
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Better Relaxed Wise Words
Groundhog Day’ was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn’t even get nominated for an Academy Award.
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Awards Day Groundhog Script
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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Cars People Stuff
Every day, he was talking to the studio about this helicopter shot.
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Every Day Helicopter Studio Talking
That’s sort of why I got into acting. I realized the more fun I had, the better I did it. And I thought, that’s a job I could be proud of. It’s changed my life learning that, and it’s made me better at what I do.
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Although Better Change Made Realize
Just the very thought of someone my age going to visit old girlfriends had instant appeal.Even women think, ‘That would be interesting.’ Not comfortable, but interesting. It is not a comfortable film at any point.
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Girlfriend Interesting Thinking
Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
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Cat Dog Sacrifice
I think we’re all sort of imprisoned by – or at least bound to – the choices we make… You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.
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Choices Thinking Want
I met a woman who photographed celebrity dogs for a book, and she told me that Ralph Lauren’s dog is named Rugby. I said, Yeah, but his real name is Stickball.
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Book Dog Real
I really don’t know what’s going to come out of my mouth.
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Intuition Knows Mouths
Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
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Blood Giving Inspirational
My back hurts. My legs ache. I’m only four!
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Four Hurt Legs
The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.
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Comedian Jobs Work
We’re Americans! Do you know what that means? It means our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world.
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Country Home Travel
But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything – your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-It-Alls.
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Advice Golf People
People say I’m difficult and sometimes that’s a badge of honour.
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Badges People Sometimes
You 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.
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Body Elevate Emotions Something

This is not a dress rehearsal; this is your life.

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