Bill Murray Admits He’s Been Lazy About Finding Work, Says He Relates to His Destructive Characters: ‘I’ve Done Some Damage’

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Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Bill Murray concedes he hasn’t been proactive about finding work as an actor. The “Groundhog Day” and “Lost in Translation” star has appeared in just a few independent films, such as 2024’s ensemble crime comedy “Riff Raff” and Naomi Watts-led drama “The Friend,” in recent years. “I’ve been lazy,” Murray said at Sundance Film Festival during a fireside chat on Sunday with critic Elvis Mitchell at the Elvis Suite. “I don’t have an agent anymore, so I’m not the first person people think of to be in studio movies.” However, Murray, who reprised roles in 2023’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and last year’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” has a renewed 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,” he said. “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.” Though this wasn’t addressed in Sunday’s chat, Murray’s career has stalled after an April 2022 incident on the film “Being Mortal.” Searchlight Pictures suspended production over complaints about Murray’s inappropriate on-set behavior with a young female assistant.

The movie, which marked the directorial debut of Aziz Ansari and co-starred Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer, never resumed filming.

The former “Saturday Night Live” star addressed the controversy at the time, saying “I had a difference of opinion with a woman I’m working with.