Bill Murray Not Complete

Bill Murray’s transformation over the last decade from wisecrack to sadcrack is exceedingly rare in celebrities. Most tend to handle aging like they handle everything else: they call their agent and ask for more cocaine. Enter Bill Murray, who might be getting divorced and going through complex personal issues, but he will still be crashing hipster parties in Brooklyn. Bill Murray is the only celebrity on this list that may actually show up at your party, hang out with you, and then mysteriously disappear. That in and of itself should be evidence that Bill Murray, while many things, is certainly not a jerk. Murray’s recent party crashing aside, he’s always been notoriously reluctant to give interviews, but when he does give them he comes off as intelligent, interesting, and open. Recently Murray’s meta-blurring of his screen persona and his real life have been working their way into films. Jim Jarmusch’s “Coffee and Cigarettes” had Murray moonlighting as a waiter where Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and GZA were dining. His chameleon act becomes threatened when GZA recognizes “Bill Groundhog Day Ghostbustin’ Ass Murray.” Murray also plays himself in the more recent “Zombieland” and is the most charming part of the film. Above all, Murray represents the antithesis to the worst celebrity egotism: he’s a nice guy, and doesn’t mind drinking a beer with another human being.