MICHAEL SHANNON: When you act, you create these little societies or civilizations to create some piece of art, and then you finish, and they disappear. And it's kind of, like, the rhythm of my life.

There is something in Michael Shannon's eyes that makes it impossible to look away. And it's no small thing to do that when sharing a scene with Bill Murray. It's like that in every movie he's in.

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Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy and Friends perform a tribute to R.E.M. at Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 13, 2025.© Provided by Stephen Bloch/Pabst Theater Group ...

SHANNON: That is, yeah - particularly my daughters. I mean, that's the one thing, you know, that won't change, is I love them very much, and I always will. And they're my, you know, favorite people.

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy will play the entire R.E.M. album "Fables of the Reconstruction," which turns 40 this year.

SHANNON: That is, yeah, particularly my daughters. I mean, that's the one thing, you know, that won't change, is I love them very much and I always will. And they're my, you know, favorite people.