Bill Murray

You're kind of a little bit more, well, you know, someone I like, and... And... As an actor, I love it because you're kind of reminded of what the rule was. This great director at Second City, Del Close said, you're worried about how you're coming off in a movie or a scene or something like that. You just think about making the other person look good.

You're kind of a little bit more, well, you know, someone I like, and... And... As an actor, I love it because you're kind of reminded of what the rule was. This great director at Second City, Del Close said, you're worried about how you're coming off in a movie or a scene or something like that. You just think about making the other person look good.

And whenever I forget in a movie, and sometimes I'll be working with some intimidating thug actor or actress, and I go like, oh, God, I got to deal with this somehow. And then I just go, okay, I'm just going to make this one look good. Everything changes when you do that.

And whenever I forget in a movie, and sometimes I'll be working with some intimidating thug actor or actress, and I go like, oh, God, I got to deal with this somehow. And then I just go, okay, I'm just going to make this one look good. Everything changes when you do that.

I don't go too many days or weeks without thinking of what happened, not being mortal. Can you say what happened? Yeah, I can say what happened. I think I'm allowed to.

I don't go too many days or weeks without thinking of what happened, not being mortal. Can you say what happened? Yeah, I can say what happened. I think I'm allowed to.

Well, you know, I came from the second city, you know, and we didn't consider ourselves comedians, although our shows were funny. We considered ourselves actors. So that's, we always took it seriously that that's what it is. And if you're a good comedian, comedian, you're a good actor because it's the same process. You have to be able to read a straight line to get a joke, to get a laugh.

Well, you know, I came from the second city, you know, and we didn't consider ourselves comedians, although our shows were funny. We considered ourselves actors. So that's, we always took it seriously that that's what it is. And if you're a good comedian, comedian, you're a good actor because it's the same process. You have to be able to read a straight line to get a joke, to get a laugh.

If you can't read a straight line, You know, you're not going to go very far, you know. If you're just like pounding a, you know, I don't want to compare it to Gallagher. If you're just pounding smashing watermelons, that's not for everyone. But for one thing, there's not as many funny movies written as there once were. You know, comedy used to be king. Comedy used to be king.

If you can't read a straight line, You know, you're not going to go very far, you know. If you're just like pounding a, you know, I don't want to compare it to Gallagher. If you're just pounding smashing watermelons, that's not for everyone. But for one thing, there's not as many funny movies written as there once were. You know, comedy used to be king. Comedy used to be king.

Comedies came out in the summer. And if a movie was funny, it would run the whole summer. You know, that was how it was. Have you seen such and such? It's funny. And then you'd go and it would run the whole summer. Then it became like a Marvel summer. It became like, have you seen Mr. Fantastico or whatever the hell? No. Whatever. Yes.

Comedies came out in the summer. And if a movie was funny, it would run the whole summer. You know, that was how it was. Have you seen such and such? It's funny. And then you'd go and it would run the whole summer. Then it became like a Marvel summer. It became like, have you seen Mr. Fantastico or whatever the hell? No. Whatever. Yes.

So, you know, the movie industry came and got away from making those funny movies. And it's just sort of inevitable if you stay alive and you keep working that you have to do something different. But making these, you know, I don't want to sound obvious, but, you know, these movies that have melancholy in them, there's definitely funny things in them too, you know.

So, you know, the movie industry came and got away from making those funny movies. And it's just sort of inevitable if you stay alive and you keep working that you have to do something different. But making these, you know, I don't want to sound obvious, but, you know, these movies that have melancholy in them, there's definitely funny things in them too, you know.

And you have to be able to, like there's a scene in Lost in Translation where there's this melancholy guy. He's in this bar on the top of the tallest building. hotel in Tokyo, and he's drinking to get drunk. And he meets this young girl in there, and he's drinking to get drunk, and he's dressed in a tuxedo, and he's just come from doing this horrendous commercial shoot.

And you have to be able to, like there's a scene in Lost in Translation where there's this melancholy guy. He's in this bar on the top of the tallest building. hotel in Tokyo, and he's drinking to get drunk. And he meets this young girl in there, and he's drinking to get drunk, and he's dressed in a tuxedo, and he's just come from doing this horrendous commercial shoot.

But, you know, he plays this whole scene, and then he turns his back, and you realize his jacket is all pinned together in the back, so it fits perfectly in the front for the TV camera. But he's so oblivious and so... So fleeing from the horrible reality of his life, he doesn't even bother to take the damn pins out of the back. He's forgotten they're even there.

But, you know, he plays this whole scene, and then he turns his back, and you realize his jacket is all pinned together in the back, so it fits perfectly in the front for the TV camera. But he's so oblivious and so... So fleeing from the horrible reality of his life, he doesn't even bother to take the damn pins out of the back. He's forgotten they're even there.

So that's kind of the unknowing of what's funny about your own life is amusing when you do see it. When you do see what a fool you make of yourself or how blind you are, that stuff's funny. And I appreciate it in my own life. It's kind of great to show it, and it's great to show – the obliviousness of it on the screen.

So that's kind of the unknowing of what's funny about your own life is amusing when you do see it. When you do see what a fool you make of yourself or how blind you are, that stuff's funny. And I appreciate it in my own life. It's kind of great to show it, and it's great to show – the obliviousness of it on the screen.