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...Regis College in Denver before running out of money, drifting back to Chicago and landing at the improvisational comedy troupe Second City, where his gifts for performance and his nascent moral code merged into the beginnings of the person he is today. "He had a very special talent," recalls Josephine Forsberg, Murray's first improv teacher. "He could project the good part of himself, the part that is optimistic and charming, onto an audience. His darker side he'd show in private, but never onstage. But what I really loved about Billy was that he supported everybody so well...
...them end!") And, as usual, he took it upon himself to stand up for the rest of the cast. When Chase returned to be host of the show in its third season, Murray decked him when tension between Chase and regular cast members came to a head. "Chevy had talent," Murray says. "But we came from that Second City thing of you make the other person look good. Meanwhile, he played himself in sketches all the time...
...acclaim from Rushmore brought an avalanche of offers, almost all of which Murray ignored. In a typically idiosyncratic move, he decided to go agentless in 1999. (Michael Ovitz represented him until 1995.) He has since replaced a powerful talent agency with an automated voice mailbox. He gives out the 800 number sparingly and monitors the messages from his home overlooking the Hudson River in upstate New York. "I check in regularly," he says. But then adds, "Sometimes I don't check in. Things get busy. I got stuff to do. But you just can't have the phone ringing...
...paying taxes, evidenced by the number of income-tax cases against well-known citizens. The affluent are also failing the country by not contributing directly to the society from which they have derived their wealth. A lot of Indians could assist others by offering a minuscule part of their talent?doctors could treat a few poor patients free; performers could donate their talents to entertain at charity shows. Wealthy businessmen who provide employment for thousands and give to the poor exist in this country, but unfortunately their number is small. Lalit Singh Ajmer, India...
...unequaled discipline at bat. Steroids may pump you up, but they won't help you bat .362 or hit homers more often than you strike out. Commentators who try to credit steroids for Bonds' success are doing a disservice to America's youth by implying that drugs--not talent, hard work and discipline--are what make athletes great...