Bill Murray

I'm not an ungenerous person; I don't resent it. It's just sort of a head-scratcher.

— 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…

— Bill Murray

There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot…

— Bill Murray

Well it's hard to be yourself, it's the hardest job there is.

— Bill Murray

Half of the people in this room are more dressed up than on any other day in the year, and the other…

— Bill Murray

I'm just a potato that won't quit. I'm a potato with some legs. Some have eyes, I've got legs.

— Bill Murray

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

— Bill Murray

Whenever I think of the high salaries we are paid as film actors, I think it is for the travel, the time…

— Bill Murray

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…

— Bill Murray

When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I'm…

— Bill Murray

I think we're all sort of imprisoned by - or at least bound to - the choices we make... You want to…

— Bill Murray

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

— Bill Murray

Mrs. O'Hair died horribly, a victim of the world she helped to shape. Without the Deity she fought so hard against, there…

— Bill Murray

To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, "Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it."

— Bill Murray

So far, I've only sailed in the Caribbean. I've sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted…

— Bill Murray

Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding.

— Bill Murray

You have to hope that [good things] happen to you. [...] That's the only thing we really, surely have, is hope. You…

— Bill Murray

Chicks dig me because I rarely wear underwear, and when I do, it's usually something unusual.

— Bill Murray

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

— Bill Murray

Alcohol is really just the liquid version of Photoshop.

— Bill Murray

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great.

— Bill Murray

There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod…

— Bill Murray

It's a lot of work to read a crummy script.

— Bill Murray

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

— Bill Murray

'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award.

— Bill Murray