William James Murray Quotes

• Yeah, I think that’s sort of the American way. And it’s also the Polish way, it turns out.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American

• The studios don’t seem to foster good writing. They’re not so interested in that, but they’re more interested in what worked most recently. They’re definitely very serious about making money, and that’s not a wrong thing, but you don’t have to make money the same way all the time.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Studio

• People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It’s over the day that child is born. It’s over, and something completely new starts.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Experience, Life

  Tags in Man, People

• In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can’t help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They’re very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you’re there.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Japan, Japanese, Joke

• I’m a nut, but not just a nut.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Nut

• I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn’t make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Mistake

  Tags in Everything

• I think all phases of one’s career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Career, Serious

• I don’t want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Want

• I don’t know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn’t know how much money I was making.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Money, Uncategorized

• I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘try being rich first’. See if that doesn’t cover most of it. There’s not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Money, Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Always, Taxes and Taxation

• Here’s the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don’t get there, we’re both fired.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Things, Things Happen

• Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Award

• All of us kids ended up ‘doing Mom.’ There are four of us who’ve tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.

  William James Murray

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mom

William James Murray (13)

Birth:	21st September, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian

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