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 MURRAYWell it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.
More Bill Murray Quotes
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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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Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me.
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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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The automatic things you do are basically those things that keep you from doing the better things you need to do.
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I think all phases of one’s career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.
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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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I’m not an ungenerous person; I don’t resent it. It’s just sort of a head-scratcher.
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When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it’s terrible and amazing stuff.
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Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood.
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We’re born alone. We do need each other. It’s lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that’s part of your obligation.
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I thought, well, here we go. But I knew that was where he was headed. He had been going this way for some time. All directors, once they have some success, they want to spend a whole heck of a lot of money. (Something else can’t hear.)
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Those are my people, you know? The ones who are going to crash and burn.
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Alcohol is really just the liquid version of Photoshop.
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Now, for some of you it doesn’t matter. You were born rich and you’re going to stay rich. But here’s my advice to the rest of you.
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Don’t think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you’ll never do a thing.
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