As y’all well know, I’m slightly obsessed with Mister Bill Murray, and the lovely and talented Kaiser of Celebitchy alerted me to the fact that Bill gave one of his famously infrequent (yet always epic) interviews to GQ. Naturally, Bill always gives the most entertaining one-on-one Q&As (as opposed to those horrid things called “press junkets” where actors are generally tossed into a shark pool of rude reporters and respond as such) that can only be described as a veritable bathtub full of Murray lather. Yummy!

Obviously, while I’d love to exerpt the hell out this interview, it’s nearly impossible for me to pick and choose the most amazing quotes. The entire thing is pretty marvelous, so here’s a quick rundown: Bill has a very Zen-Buddhist approach to achieving his comic pitch. He doesn’t know Jennifer Love Hewitt’s name. He sort of rips Harold Ramis a new one over Year One and all of that Ghostbusters 3 nonsense. He did Garfield because the script was written by Joel Cohen (not that Joel Cohen). He’s not a television-watching guy and refuses to “do” Hollywood. Oh, and he’s got a 1-800 number (but what about a 1-900 number, hmm?). Finally, the topic of his alleged alleged Union Square antics arose:

GQ: There have been stories about you sneaking up behind people in New York City, covering their eyes with your hands, and saying: Guess who. And when they turn around, they see Bill Murray and hear the words “No one will ever believe you.”

Murray: [long pause] I know. I know, I know, I know. I’ve heard about that from a lot of people. A lot of people. I don’t know what to say. There’s probably a really appropriate thing to say. Something exactly and just perfectly right. [long beat, and then he breaks into a huge grin] But by God, it sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Just so crazy and unlikely and unusual?

Notice that Bill never actually denied the veracity of this persistent urban legend. Therefore, we shall continue to pretend these tales are absolutely true and go casually hang out in Union Square Park. C’mon — let’s go!

Picture Note: Bill recently dressed up as Elvis to host this year’s Crossroads Guitar Festival. In attendance was John Mayer, who somehow managed to grab a photo op with the world’s greatest actor. (Wait… who the fuck is John Mayer?)