Bill Murray

Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murrayis an American actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live, a role which earned him his first Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films, including Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes, Tootsie, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, Ghostbusters II, What About Bob?, and Groundhog Day. He also co-directed Quick Change...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 September 1950
CityWilmette, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I knew that's where I was going. I knew we were going to Italy. You couldn't make this movie in America at this price. I knew it was going to be big. I knew there was going to be a ship involved and that there was going to be a set as big as the ship. 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.)
Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out.
One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.
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.
The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.
We had quite a few old ones that didn't match the other departments nearby and we had three different models, which was a training problem, so we wanted to standardize the area,
There's no clear-cut winner right now. If things go as planned (today), we should be in pretty good shape. It'd be huge (if we win).
I am here being paid $2m for a commercial when I could be doing a play.
Numbers matter, ... The Chinese obviously believe that numbers matter because they're turning out submarines like sausages. The Chinese are definitely on the winning end of an arms race.
We're trying to do this so we can work closer with the Valley of the Moon district, so we can just exchange bottles instead of everyone having different equipment. This will be a big advantage for us and them. The standardization of equipment is very important,
Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.
Life is a game, and it's much more fun if you play it as your own game, so stay light and loose and relaxed.
It's been a long time since I've enjoyed watching a high school football game like this.