Jimmy Kimmel admired Bill Murray's life on Thursday's Kimmel Live, asking him if it's true that he does what he wants and goes wherever he wants to.
In response, Murray got philosophical. "I think we all do that — we all pretty much do what we want, isn't that right?" he said. "But I just don't think anyone feels like they're doing it, or is enjoying it as they do it. You know, we're miserable because we choose to be, you know what I mean?"
Murray said he learned how to be Bill Murray partly from watching smart people he knew, citing Gilda Radner. "She was someone who had incredible confidence whenever she walked into any kind of job interview, because she grew up with money," Murray explained. "It just came across. And she didn't care whether she got the job or not, and it would dazzle people, and they would go, like, 'We must have you. We must possess you.' Yeah, so I saw her do that, and I thought — not that I could act rich — but I just acted like I didn't, you know — I wasn't going to make a big thing and people, you know, give you a job."
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Kimmel said he is envious that Murray doesn't have a five-day-a-week job, and Murray said that he used to, and it didn't suit him as much as acting. But everybody has to find their own thing, he added. "If you can make your job suit your ideals, sort of the way you like to live your life, then that's ideal." You can watch Murray's life wisdom below, or see him recite poetry elsewhere on the show. Peter Weber
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