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 MurrayYou know the theory of cell irritability? If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change and then re-form into its original shape. And then, the thousandth time you poke this amoeba, the cell will completely collapse and become nothing. That's kind of what it's like being famous. People say hi, how are you doing, and after the thousandth time, you just get angry; you really pop.
Bill MurrayI've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.
Bill MurrayThat's the reason I'm not the one that's dead because the attraction of the fast life is very powerful.
Bill MurrayWhen you act obnoxious towards people, like on a movie set, they say "we're ready for you" and I say "oh, go to hell, my feet hurt and my head aches." You want to have a margarita for lunch, and people like these little ADs and production assistants are like, "well, he's drinking again."
Bill Murray