Bill Murray's Best Reddit Responses
The funny man talked about crashing parties, MC Hammer concerts and more.
— -- It was Bill Murray at his best, improvising, philosophizing and, generally, leaving fans lost in translation.
The 65-year-old comic actor was back on Reddit for a second round, ahead of his latest film, "Rock the Kasbah." This time he talked about the best party he ever crashed, the role that got away and the best and worst things about being Bill Murray.
In true Bill Murray form, his responses didn't always make sense, though some people were blaming Reddit for poor translation of his answers.
Check out some of his best responses and make of them what you will.
What was the best party you've ever crashed?
Well, we crashed a famous party called the subway party to celebrate the premiere of Tommy, in the 70s. It was Gilda Radner, Belushi, Harold Ramis, Joe Flaherty, Brian Doyle Murray, and we were all plus 1, probably. It was biggest party ever in NYC at the time. You couldn't get into this party. It was an inner circle thing. It was at an enclosed subway stop, it was a roar. It was a scream. If you made an airport movie with everyone on the plane is a celebrity, it was like that times 10. We were doing a show in the restaurant cabaret, the guys catering were the same guys who gave us left over French fries, we went into the backdoor to the subway with everyone. Everyone saying hi, hello. And we felt like we didn't belong at all. It was so fantastic. I have compassion when people say dumb stuff to me. I said to Andy Warhol "I love the soup can" and he looked at me like, "You don't belong here." What a time that was.
What's the best thing about being Bill Murray? What's the worst thing about being Bill Murray?
The worst thing about it, they're one in the same: You wish you could walk down the street and look at things and watch things uninterrupted. The shock of being recognized brings you out of this place where you're just trying to take it in. It’s an obligation and you're reminded you have to show up. It's a coin with two sides. As much as I don't like the one side, the other side is what might save me.
If you were a superhero, what would be your power?
Invisibility!
In your family, who's the funny one?
Well, my brother Brian: You can see smoke coming out of his head. He will ruminate on something and all of the sudden, and just throws it out there and it splatters the room. It's like, wow. I don’t know how it works in his brain. You can see him thinking and then it comes. My brother Joel is funny, my brother John is funny. They're all pretty funny. My sister Peggy is funny. But Brian, he has a real gift.
What was the role that "got away"?
The only role I wanted I didn't get, the “Year of Living Dangerously,” by Peter Weir. I wasn't a big shot. Mel Gibson lived in Australia. I'd been to Indonesia and I thought I understood that movie. When I saw it, I was like, damn! That was the only one I wanted I didn't get. Peter Weir is ... something else.
What was Rodney Dangerfield like to work with on "Caddyshack"?