Bill Murray has revealed that "Ghostbusters" was the film that turned him from a reluctant, uncertain actor into one who embraced film-making as a genuine craft rather than a chore. Speaking to the Washington Post, Murray explained that after leaving the tight-knit, high-energy environment of "Saturday Night Live," he struggled to adjust to the more solitary, unfamiliar world of feature films, at one point admitting he "was pretty sure I didn't like it." The revelation offers a rare glimpse into the self-doubt behind one of comedy's most celebrated careers.

Murray described his early film work as feeling like "a summer job," surrounded by unfamiliar colleagues after the camaraderie of SNL's ensemble. It was only while making 1984's "Ghostbusters" alongside his old SNL colleague Dan Aykroyd that he found his footing, telling the paper: "this is pretty good, I don't mind this now… I'm pretty good at it." The film became the biggest comedy of its year and a cultural landmark, and Murray credits it with giving him the confidence to continue acting for the following four decades.