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" I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do. "

Bill Murray

World

Reading

People

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" 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. "

" One of my gripes about movies is that people take them so seriously, and the moneymaking aspects are so brutal. "

" All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance. "

" 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. "

" Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable. "

" Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time. "

Bill Murray

Acting

Good

" I go home and stay there. I wash and scrub up each day, and that's it. One month I actually grew a moustache, just so I could say that I'd done something. "

" I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. "

" 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. "

" Here's the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don't get there, we're both fired. "

" 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. "

" I don't want to have a relationship with someone if I'm not going to work with them. "

" Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired. "

Bill Murray

Really

Sometimes

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot of Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good. "

" I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked. "

" Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life. "

" There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER. "

" 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. "

" One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself. "

" While I have felt lonely many times in my life, the oddest feeling of all was after my mother, Lucille, died. My father had already died, but I always had some attachment to our big family while she was alive. It seems strange to say now that I felt so lonely, yet I did. "

" And I don't like to work. I only like working when I'm working. "

Bill Murray

Working

Only