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Murray does not have an agent or manager and reportedly only fields offers for scripts and roles using a personal telephone number with a voice mailbox that he checks infrequently. This practice has the downside of sometimes preventing him from taking parts that he had auditioned for and was interested in, such as that of Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Sulley in Monsters, Inc. (2001), Bernard Berkman in The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). When asked about this practice, however, Murray seems content with his inaccessibility, stating, "It's not that hard. If you have a good script that's what gets you involved. People say they can't find me. Well, if you can write a good script, that's a lot harder than finding someone. I don't worry about it; it's not my problem."