Bill Murray
Bill Murray was born on September 21, 1950, in Wilmette, a city in the United States, and went on to attend Loyola Academy before continuing his education at Regis University. His career has taken in an unusually wide range of roles, with Murray working as a film actor, television actor, voice actor, character actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, film director, and singer.
His notable works include Ghostbusters and Lost in Translation. Across his career he has collected a substantial number of awards, among them a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award, an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, an International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. The breadth of those honors reflects how his work has moved across film and television and between comedic and other registers.
In 2016, Murray received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, an award given in the United States recognizing achievement in comedy. That recognition adds to a record of accolades accumulated over a long career spanning multiple formats and disciplines, and it stands as one of the more concrete markers of his standing as a comedian and actor.
Quotes by Bill Murray
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My favorite things about New York is the people because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.
It's Christmas Eve! It's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a miracle. It's really a sort of a miracle. Because it happens every Christmas Eve. And if you wate that miracle, you're gonna burn for it, I know what I'm talking about.
It pays off in your life when you’re in an elevator and people are uncomfortable. You can just say, ‘That’s a beautiful scarf.’ It’s just thinking about making someone else feel comfortable. You don’t worry about yourself, because we’re vibrating together. If I can make yours just a little bit groovier, it’ll affect me. It comes back, somehow.
I always like to say to people who want to be rich and famous, try being rich first. See if that doesn't cover most of it.
It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it'd damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.
They say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant.
Keep seeing the glass half-full and it will dawn upon you that it's probably your turn to buy.
I find it quite ironic that the most dangerous thing about weed is getting caught with it.
My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.