“It’s some sort of penance to play them,” he added.
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Bill Murrayis getting candid about his life but he isn’t getting specific.
Among his many musings, Murray shared that the roles he finds most rewarding are complicated characters.
Bill Murray speaks with Elvis Mitchell at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 26.Credit:Shutterstock / Mark Von Holden
“I know Ive done some damage.
Murray namedOn the Rocksas a good example of what he means.
The 2020 film from Sofia Coppola explores a grown woman’s relationship with her emotionally distant playboy father.
Elvis Mitchell and Bill Murray at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.Shutterstock / Mark Von Holden
“I was answering for a lot of things through that role,” Murray said.
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Searchlight Pictures halted production over complaints about Murrays inappropriate on-set behavior with a young female assistant.
But as of now, we’re talking and we’re trying to make peace with each other.”
Things change and the times change, so it’s important for me to figure it out.
And I think the most important thing is that it’s best for the other person."
During his conversation with Mitchell, Murray acknowledged that he has slowed down over the last years.
Ive been lazy," he said.
But he added that recent work in indie movies has reinvigorated him.
Only in this last year, doing these has reawakened me about searching for material, he said.
If something lands in my mouth, Ill eat it."
The actor is next set to appear inThe Phoenician Scheme, the latest fromWes Anderson.
Murray has also worked with the writer-director on 9 prior films, includingThe French DispatchandThe Grand Budapest Hotel.
