It's a lot of work to read a crummy script. Bill Murray More Quotes by Bill Murray More Quotes From Bill Murray I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job. Bill Murray tryingjobspeople And I say, 'Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know.' And he says, 'Oh, uh, there won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice. Bill Murray effortnicemoney I improvise whenever I feel it's important, or whenever I think that something's there. It's nice to have a script that's so well-written that I don't have to improvise. I mean, I used to have to re-write whole movies; this is kind of nice. Bill Murray nicewritingmean People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts. Bill Murray new-startchildrenpeople You have to hope that [good things] happen to you. [...] That's the only thing we really, surely have, is hope. You hope that you can be alive, that things will happen to you that you'll actually witness, that you'll participate in. Rather than life just rolling over you, and you wake up and it's Thursday, and what happened to Monday? Whatever the best part of my life has been, has been as a result of that remembering. Bill Murray rollingover-youmonday 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. Bill Murray golfadvicepeople My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood. I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are. Bill Murray new-yorkpeoplethinking I try to be available for life to happen to me. We're in this life, and if you're not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you're available, life gets huge. You're really living it. Bill Murray ordinarytryingpast You know...they say an elephant never forgets. Bill Murray never-forgetelephantsforget You're supposed to have one hand up and one hand down. As you're trying to going up, you're trying to pull someone up at the same time. Bill Murray hands-uptryinghands I have a brother who gives socks for Christmas. He gives socks. Every year, I get a pair of socks from him. Bill Murray brothergivingyears 'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award. Bill Murray groundhog-dayscriptsawards I think if you can take care of yourself, and then maybe try to take care of someone else, that's sort of how you're supposed to live. Bill Murray caretryingthinking And even if we win, if we win, HAH! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just wouldn't matter because all the really good looking girls would still go out with the guys from Mohawk because they've got all the money! It just doesn't matter if we win or we lose. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER! It just doesn't matter! It just doesn't matter! Bill Murray girlmenchildren Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. Bill Murray awardscampaignsacting I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I've seen it. Bill Murray actingambitiondesire Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so close among their own tribes, their own groups, that you can't rule them all, you can't get an accord from all of them. Bill Murray challengescountrypeople There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect. Bill Murray crazyjobspeople Harold Ramis and I together did the ‘National Lampoon Show’ off Broadway, ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Stripes,’ ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Groundhog Day.’ He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him. Bill Murray groundhog-daystripestogether Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria! Bill Murray sacrificecatdog
