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Watch Bill Murray Talk To Charlie Rose For An Hour
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 12, 2014
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Perfect human Bill Murray recently sat down for an interview with Charlie Rose, which aired last night, and the nearly hour-long conversation is now available in full on Hulu. Murray speaks openly about a lot of things during their time together, including his "not carefully thought-out life." The actor—who has given plenty of people their own personal "no one will ever believe you" Bill Murray Experience—says it's important to "be alert and available... for work, but [also] just for life to happen to you. We're living this life, we're in this life, and if you're not available a sort of ordinary amount of time goes past and you didn't live it. The day passes and you didn't live it. If you're available life gets huge... it becomes much more full, you're really living it." Listen and learn, and let the man guide us all through this life:
Last month Murray gave an amazing Reddit AMA, if you're left wanting more. [h/t Uproxx]
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