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Bill Murray Tells Time He is Not that Awkward

By James Wray Jan 3, 2005, 18:18 GMT

Murray in Life Aquatic
According to his interview in Time magazine Bill Murray can get very defensive when told he has a reputation for being awkward.

"If it keeps obnoxious people away, that's fine," he tells Time magazine in its editions on sale on Monday. "It makes me think of that line you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. People say this to you with a straight face, and I always say, 'Who. Wants. Flies?"'

Recently on the set of his still-untitled film for director Jim Jarmusch, Murray got into a fracas with the location manager when he arrived at a rented house for a scene with child actors and discovered that there was no heat. When he started a fire in the fireplace, the location manager told him to stop.

"'Who are you?"' Murray told her. "She said, 'I'm locations.' I said, 'Well, if locations had done their job and made sure it was warm enough for these people, we wouldn't be lighting a fire in the fireplace."'

But at the wrap party, Murray approached the woman again. "I said, 'You know, we had our moment, and I don't apologize for that for a second."' But she had excelled at other aspects of her job, and Murray told her so. "I wanted to let her know I could see it both ways."

Murray can currently be seen in "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".



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