Bill Murray Quotes

You can't be afraid to play. Commit to play and you live with the results.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances.

Risk is the willingness to fail.

I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool.

I want brave people. Fearless ones. A good actor just goes out and leaps off the edge and develops wings on his way down, hopefully. That's the kind of people I really enjoy working with. Playing safe isn't much fun. I like danger. It's controlled danger, always, and that's why I hope I don't lure too many good actors down into the pits with me, because I hope they maintain their own unique talents.

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life... be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.

First of all, to do performance art, you really have to give 100 percent. I only know that I have to give 100 percent and then what happens, happens.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid to look ridiculous and silly.

I like to see life with its teeth out.

I don't want to live life too cautiously. I mean, you can step off a curb and twist your ankle.