Jeff Bridges Quotes
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Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
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Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.
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I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.
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Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.
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I'm a pretty basic surfer.
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I'm not counting any chickens.
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You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.
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Movies are very subjective.
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I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do.
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Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.
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Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.
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I look back at my filmography, and I'm pretty jazzed with the stuff I've been part of. They're all movies I'd like to see.
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Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury.
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To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.
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One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to happen, and it's certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.
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When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
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The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house.
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Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.
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It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.
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Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.
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I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
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Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.
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One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.