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A long time ago, I heard Bill Murray say something to the effect of, "If you want to be rich and famous, try 'rich' first. You will probably be happier."

DominikPeters 5y ago
Tim Ferris has a blog post underscoring this point quite forcefully: https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/ https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/
- hihihihi1234 5y ago
  This post is great. It made me realise that not only do I not want to be famous, but that I want to live as privately as possible. I'm now much more wary about (say) using my real name online or making it easy for strangers to find out where I live and work. What's the point? In the internet age, it's never been easier for a sociopath with a vendetta to destroy my reputation and career (or worse), no matter how little I did to deserve it.
hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
Meh, I know plenty of miserable rich people.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  But also being famous could still make them even MORE miserable!
- delecti 5y ago
  Maybe it's easy to be miserable despite being rich, but it's even easier to be miserable because of being poor.
tcbawo 5y ago
That reminds me of another Bill Murray quote: "When you become famous, you've got like a year or two where you act like a real a**. You can't help yourself. It happens to everybody. You've got like two years to pull it together — or it's permanent."
- snarf21 5y ago
  If I remember correctly, this was in the context of Chevy Chase with the point being that Chevy never figured it out and has been an a$$ ever since.
  - mbg721 5y ago
    Bill Murray has something of a reputation for drawing a clear line when he's becoming too much of a center of attention in public life (an instance I'm thinking of is him asking to be left alone while watching White Sox games from the stands), and that's probably helped his career, if not also his state of mind.
    - OldHand2018 5y ago
      Bill Murray at White Sox games? Surely you mean the Cubs.
      - mbg721 5y ago
        I could be wrong, but I remember it being Comiskey. I don't think anybody expects to keep score quietly at Wrigley.
beauzero 5y ago
I have seen Bill Murray wrestle with his brother in a sumo suit at a minor league baseball game in Butte, MT. All that being said, he had an affinity for owning minor league teams and would show up and be himself. Butte, America is a hard town to be loved in and he is/was.

DominikPeters 5y ago

Tim Ferris has a blog post underscoring this point quite forcefully: https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/ https://tim.blog/2020/02/02/reasons-to-not-become-famous/

hihihihi1234 5y ago
This post is great. It made me realise that not only do I not want to be famous, but that I want to live as privately as possible. I'm now much more wary about (say) using my real name online or making it easy for strangers to find out where I live and work. What's the point? In the internet age, it's never been easier for a sociopath with a vendetta to destroy my reputation and career (or worse), no matter how little I did to deserve it.

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago

Meh, I know plenty of miserable rich people.

jrochkind1 5y ago
But also being famous could still make them even MORE miserable!
delecti 5y ago
Maybe it's easy to be miserable despite being rich, but it's even easier to be miserable because of being poor.

tcbawo 5y ago

That reminds me of another Bill Murray quote: "When you become famous, you've got like a year or two where you act like a real a**. You can't help yourself. It happens to everybody. You've got like two years to pull it together — or it's permanent."

snarf21 5y ago
If I remember correctly, this was in the context of Chevy Chase with the point being that Chevy never figured it out and has been an a$$ ever since.
- mbg721 5y ago
  Bill Murray has something of a reputation for drawing a clear line when he's becoming too much of a center of attention in public life (an instance I'm thinking of is him asking to be left alone while watching White Sox games from the stands), and that's probably helped his career, if not also his state of mind.
  - OldHand2018 5y ago
    Bill Murray at White Sox games? Surely you mean the Cubs.
    - mbg721 5y ago
      I could be wrong, but I remember it being Comiskey. I don't think anybody expects to keep score quietly at Wrigley.

beauzero 5y ago

I have seen Bill Murray wrestle with his brother in a sumo suit at a minor league baseball game in Butte, MT. All that being said, he had an affinity for owning minor league teams and would show up and be himself. Butte, America is a hard town to be loved in and he is/was.