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

— Bill Murray

And then depression set in....

— Bill Murray

But I can only take so much TV, because there is so much advice. I find people will preach about virtually anything - your diet, how to live your life, how to improve your golf. The lot. I have always had a thing against the Mister Know-it-alls.

— Bill Murray

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.

— Bill Murray

I don't want to have a relationship with someone if I'm not going to work with them.

— Bill Murray

I go home and stay there. I wash and scrub up each day, and that's it. One month I actually grew a mustache, just so I could say that I'd done something.

— Bill Murray

I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.

— Bill Murray

I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot of Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.

— Bill Murray

I've been lucky, I've had movies that made a lot of money, so I don't feel like I have to kill every time out. I don't want that pressure. Furthermore, I don't need it.

— Bill Murray

I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

— Bill Murray