Bill Murray Quotes

The Way Financing For Independent Movies Goes Is Great. You Get The Money From The Guy Who's Actually Doing The Distribution In France. You Say, "do You Want A Piece Of This Movie?" And He's Got To Sell This Movie To Get His Money Back. That's The Brains Of It; That's The Genius Of This Financing. "you Want Germany? Give Us A Million Dollars And You've Got Germany."

I Lost My Phone And I Just Really Didn't Look For It. It Was The Nicest Feeling, Like Six Weeks. ... A Couple Of Times I Needed To Use A Telephone, And I Was Always Able To Touch Someone That Had A Telephone And Say, "hey, Can I Use Your Phone? May I Please?" And They'd Say, "sure." And That Was It! So It Was Ok, It Was A Real Vacation. I Took A Real Vacation From Myself.

When I Was A Little Kid Playing Baseball, My Manager Called Me Sleepy. And Only A Few People, Who Know Me From Way, Way Back, Call Me That Still. I Used To Drift Off And That's Why They Made Me The Catcher, So I Wouldn't Fall Asleep. That Gift I Have Still.

The Only Good Thing About Fame That I've Gotten Is I've Gotten Out Of A Couple Of Speeding Tickets. I've Gotten Into A Restaurant When I Didn't Have A Suit And Tie On. That's Really About It.

Golf Was My First Glimpse Of Comedy. I Was A Caddy When I Was A Kid. I Was On The Golf Course Rather Than Being In Lessons, But I Can Play Better Now Than I Could Then.

The 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.

If You Have A Good Script, That's What Gets You Involved. It's Harder To Write A Good Screenplay Than To Find Something.

I'd Sort Of Gone Through Some Sort Of Spiritual Change In The Late 70s Where I Sort Of Saw There Was Some Other Life To Live. It Changed The Way That I Worked Just Having A Different Presence And A Different Tension.

There Are A Lot Of Actors That Are More Talented Than Me At Second City Who Quit It Before They Even Got To A Paying Status. Weird Luck. I Had No Other Option.

I Realize It's Impossible To Have Any Sympathy, I Mean, True Sympathy, For People That Are Famous.

Religion Is The Worst Enemy Of Mankind. No Single War In The History Of Humanity Has Killed As Many People As Religion Has.

Chicago Actors Are Hard-nosed. They're Tough On Themselves And Their Fellow Actors. They're Self-demanding.