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.
Bill MurrayThe government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and management working with creation.
Bill MurrayIf you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
Bill MurrayI'm over the Oscar thing. 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. I've seen it.
Bill MurrayThere's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through. Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me. I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.
Bill Murray