Bill Murray
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No, I didn't always have it. No, I didn't always have it. So where does it come from? Not consciously. I mean, I may have wanted to sort of to express yourself as yourself and be sort of unique or your own thing. But I never thought of being sort of that way until I had a little bit more understanding about what that way might be, some sort of way of living where It's not all exterior.
No, I didn't always have it. No, I didn't always have it. So where does it come from? Not consciously. I mean, I may have wanted to sort of to express yourself as yourself and be sort of unique or your own thing. But I never thought of being sort of that way until I had a little bit more understanding about what that way might be, some sort of way of living where It's not all exterior.
There's interior.
There's interior.
Yeah, I do. I think I had two events in my life. That was one. And the other one, which I wasn't completely aware of when I was young, was when I was about four or so, my younger sister contracted polio. And I wasn't kind of aware of what was happening, but all of a sudden, you really become like, not exactly an afterthought, but you're not the primary worry anymore.
Yeah, I do. I think I had two events in my life. That was one. And the other one, which I wasn't completely aware of when I was young, was when I was about four or so, my younger sister contracted polio. And I wasn't kind of aware of what was happening, but all of a sudden, you really become like, not exactly an afterthought, but you're not the primary worry anymore.
And at that point, I was already the fifth child. So somehow, some part of me realized, okay, this is, something's got to, I got to really get going here. So I learned to read when I was four. I remember fighting over the comics with my brothers going, you can't even read. And then I proceeded to read all the comics to him. He was like, oh. So did he give you the comics? Then I got the comics.
And at that point, I was already the fifth child. So somehow, some part of me realized, okay, this is, something's got to, I got to really get going here. So I learned to read when I was four. I remember fighting over the comics with my brothers going, you can't even read. And then I proceeded to read all the comics to him. He was like, oh. So did he give you the comics? Then I got the comics.
Yeah. And then, so then I became, I had to sort of like start operating, you know. I had a great birthday when I was five. I got like a Davy Crockett bicycle with a rifle sheath and a rifle that came with it that loaded on the frame of the bike. It had saddlebags. I got a coonskin cap. I got a Cubs jacket and a Cubs hat, a baseball and a bat. And I never had another birthday until I was 13.
Yeah. And then, so then I became, I had to sort of like start operating, you know. I had a great birthday when I was five. I got like a Davy Crockett bicycle with a rifle sheath and a rifle that came with it that loaded on the frame of the bike. It had saddlebags. I got a coonskin cap. I got a Cubs jacket and a Cubs hat, a baseball and a bat. And I never had another birthday until I was 13.
That was the end of that. So that was the moment where I had to do that. Then when I was 17, when my father died, that was another thing where, you know, that was like there went the sort of family income.
That was the end of that. So that was the moment where I had to do that. Then when I was 17, when my father died, that was another thing where, you know, that was like there went the sort of family income.
uh and so whatever life we were with nine kids by that point you know was going to be even more uh crimped you know because there just wasn't going to be you know kind of really money for college and things like that and even though i was smart enough i never studied ever you know couldn't make myself so i had to sort of figure out how to get by in life you know so and and
uh and so whatever life we were with nine kids by that point you know was going to be even more uh crimped you know because there just wasn't going to be you know kind of really money for college and things like that and even though i was smart enough i never studied ever you know couldn't make myself so i had to sort of figure out how to get by in life you know so and and
That's a really good question because, you know, that sort of... legend thing is now preceding me you know it's now all around it's all around and i don't know if any of these things are legendary you know truly legendary but i'm probably a little bit tentative about the same uh nature of engagement kind of a little bit but i don't feel like uh I'm afraid to go outdoors.
That's a really good question because, you know, that sort of... legend thing is now preceding me you know it's now all around it's all around and i don't know if any of these things are legendary you know truly legendary but i'm probably a little bit tentative about the same uh nature of engagement kind of a little bit but i don't feel like uh I'm afraid to go outdoors.
I was out in Tokyo the other night, and I thought to myself, you know, if this were America, I'd be really conscious about some idiot making this a YouTube thing. But I just thought, And this is really fun. I'm having fun. So it was good for me to go back to Tokyo. I hadn't been back there since I'd made the movie in Tokyo. Loss of translation.
I was out in Tokyo the other night, and I thought to myself, you know, if this were America, I'd be really conscious about some idiot making this a YouTube thing. But I just thought, And this is really fun. I'm having fun. So it was good for me to go back to Tokyo. I hadn't been back there since I'd made the movie in Tokyo. Loss of translation.
One of the reasons I went back from the baseball game was an excuse to get back. And I reconnected with some friends that I'd made back there. And I was very happy to do that.
One of the reasons I went back from the baseball game was an excuse to get back. And I reconnected with some friends that I'd made back there. And I was very happy to do that.