TODAY’S BLOCKBUSTER QUOTE

Ghostbusters

Square grey editorial card for Ghostbusters (1984) featuring the quote ‘Back off, man! I’m a scientist!’, a cross-hatched ghost trap illustration, and copy explaining Bill Murray’s 21 September birthday connection.

“Back off, man! I’m a scientist!”

Peter Venkman · Bill Murray

Why today

Bill Murray was born on 21 September 1950. In Ghostbusters, he plays Peter Venkman, who delivers the line while questioning a librarian after a reported sighting, shortly before the team’s first encounter with a ghost.

Confidence remains a remarkably portable qualification.