Top 16 Bill Murray Quotes



I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person.

 

There must be a bad chromosome somewhere in man that urges him to wound that which he can’t conquer, deface that which is more beautiful, misunderstand and befoul the work of another.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don’t like to have a situation placed over my head.

 

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’ve been lucky, I’ve had movies that made a lot of money, so I don’t feel like I have to kill every time out. I don’t want that pressure. I don’t need it.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

When I work, my first relationship with people is professional.

 

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

 

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.

 

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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