Saturday Night Live alum and comedy legend Bill Murray opened up about how art saved his life in a recent public appearance. Had not Bill wandered into the Art Institute of Chicago one fateful night long ago we might not have gotten cult classic films from Bill such as Ghostbusters , Caddyshack, and many more. In a clip that the RetirementUnity.
com X (formerly Twitter) account shared on the platform, the Emmy-winning actor revealed that years ago dead set on taking his own life. During the early stages of his career, when he was acting in Chicago, he initially struggled. “When I started acting in Chicago , I wasn’t very good,” he admitted.
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onto the street and started walking,” Bill further explained. “I walked for a couple of hours and I realized I walked [in] the wrong direction.” He noted that he not only walked in the wrong direction of where he was living, but he also walked in the “wrong direction in terms of a desire to stay alive.
” Bill divulged that at the time and at that moment he was prepared to commit suicide, and had begun thinking of where he’d stop on his walk to do so. “I then thought if I’m gonna die where I am I might as well just go over to the lake, and maybe I’ll float for a w.