Murray: "People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour."

Murray: "There are people who drove me crazy, but they got the job done. And when I see that person again, I nod my head. Respect."

Murray: "'Last time' doesn't exist. [There's] only this time. ... There's only now."

Murray: "And I don't like to work. I only like working when I'm working."

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."

Murray: "When I work, my first relationship with people is professional."

Murray: "I wish you could hold all of Congress prisoner and they'd get Stockholm syndrome and have to go along with their captors. And their captors would be people who were real true American citizens."

Murray: "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."

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

Murray: "The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself."

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."

Murray: "Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then."

Murray: "We're born alone. We do need each other. It's lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that's part of your obligation."

Murray: "Don't think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you'll never do a thing."

Murray: "When the phone started ringing too many times, I had to take it back to what I can handle. I take my chances on a job or a person as opposed to a situation. I don't like to have a situation placed over my head."

Murray: "I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked."

Murray: "No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life."

Murray: "I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive."

Murray: "I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships."

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. I don't need it."

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

Murray: "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."

Murray: "Sometimes I snore, like when I get really tired."