Bill Murray
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Well, I was promoting that movie and I was promoting this movie while I was promoting that movie. I really like, you know, I want people to go to movie theaters and see movies in movie theaters. Because look at this, you're in a group of people, you know. We had a couple of years where you couldn't be in a group of people. And it's like the shared experience. It goes back to the Greeks, you know?
Well, I was promoting that movie and I was promoting this movie while I was promoting that movie. I really like, you know, I want people to go to movie theaters and see movies in movie theaters. Because look at this, you're in a group of people, you know. We had a couple of years where you couldn't be in a group of people. And it's like the shared experience. It goes back to the Greeks, you know?
It's a theater, and you all get together, and we share our humanity together. Yeah.
It's a theater, and you all get together, and we share our humanity together. Yeah.
It's the best.
It's the best.
Ronnie, I swear to you, there's no plan. There is no plan. There's no plan. I just like to do what I like, you know? And it happened that those great people, like Sophia and Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch, these are people who have a real integrity, a real powerful integrity, and a real love and history of film culture.
Ronnie, I swear to you, there's no plan. There is no plan. There's no plan. I just like to do what I like, you know? And it happened that those great people, like Sophia and Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch, these are people who have a real integrity, a real powerful integrity, and a real love and history of film culture.
They wanted to make movies, and because, you know, I always say, like, I didn't embarrass myself too badly, so that's why they hired me, you know? I hadn't.
They wanted to make movies, and because, you know, I always say, like, I didn't embarrass myself too badly, so that's why they hired me, you know? I hadn't.
Well, you know, Ryan, when you see the script, You know, like, I got the script for Rushmore, which is Wes Anderson's movie, or Sofia's movie, Lost in Translation, or especially Rushmore. They said, you want to meet the guy? I said, no. You don't want to meet the guy? I said, no. He knows exactly what he wants to do. Let's go. I didn't need to meet him. I was like, I'll see you at work.
Well, you know, Ryan, when you see the script, You know, like, I got the script for Rushmore, which is Wes Anderson's movie, or Sofia's movie, Lost in Translation, or especially Rushmore. They said, you want to meet the guy? I said, no. You don't want to meet the guy? I said, no. He knows exactly what he wants to do. Let's go. I didn't need to meet him. I was like, I'll see you at work.
I don't need to talk. He knows exactly what he wants to do. And Sofia's same way, and Jim Jarman's same way. They know exactly what they want to do. Their script is so... clear, like, what their intention is, that you have great confidence. You know, when you're watching a good movie, you know it in a minute because you just feel so confident with the way the camera moves, the way everything goes.
I don't need to talk. He knows exactly what he wants to do. And Sofia's same way, and Jim Jarman's same way. They know exactly what they want to do. Their script is so... clear, like, what their intention is, that you have great confidence. You know, when you're watching a good movie, you know it in a minute because you just feel so confident with the way the camera moves, the way everything goes.
And that's how their scripts read. They read like this. It reads like, this is storytelling. This is real storytelling.
And that's how their scripts read. They read like this. It reads like, this is storytelling. This is real storytelling.
I should mention the reason we're here, sort of, but... David Siegel and Scott McGehee, they took this book written by a New York girl, lady, named Sigrid Nunez, who's really fun. You should have her on the show sometime. She's really cool. They took her book, which is a great book, and it won the National Book Award, whatever, and made a great screenplay out of it.
I should mention the reason we're here, sort of, but... David Siegel and Scott McGehee, they took this book written by a New York girl, lady, named Sigrid Nunez, who's really fun. You should have her on the show sometime. She's really cool. They took her book, which is a great book, and it won the National Book Award, whatever, and made a great screenplay out of it.
Well, whatever they give those writers, you know? But they made a great script, and they directed this script together, and it's really good. No, it's a good movie.
Well, whatever they give those writers, you know? But they made a great script, and they directed this script together, and it's really good. No, it's a good movie.