Bill Murray shares ‘lazy’ admission about his career after being ‘reawakened’
Bill Murray shares ‘lazy’ admission about his career after being ‘reawakened’
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‘I don’t have an agent anymore, so I’m not the first person people think of to be in studio movies’ says Murray. Bill Murray has confessed to being “lazy” in the past few years of his career – but says he has been “reawakened” in his search for new roles.
The Lost in Translation and Groundhog Day star, 74, has appeared in just a handful of films since 2020, including major franchise sequels such as Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. “I’ve been lazy,” admitted Murray at the Sundance Film Festival, via Variety. “I don’t have an agent anymore, so I’m not the first person people think of to be in studio movies.”.
Murray did star in two indie movies in 2024, The Friend and Riff Raff, which he claims has given him a new desire to get back in front of the camera. “Only in this last year, doing these [indie movies], has reawakened me about searching for material,” said Murray. “I’ve lived the life of a bass… waiting for something to come down at me. If something lands in my mouth, I’ll eat it.”.
Murray was also asked by film critic, Elvis Mitchell about playing men who “lead lives of enormous charm” and “how poisonous their charm can be.”. Without being specific, Murray said: “It’s always interesting when you’re playing a guy who has done some damage. I’ve done some damage. It’s sort of a penance to play them; to show that you’re accepting responsibility for it. It’s certainly always unconscious damage you’re doing, but you are responsible for the damage you’re doing.”.
