Jeff Bridges Quotes
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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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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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One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.
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I resist life.
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I'm a pretty basic surfer.
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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'm constantly falling deeper in love with my wife.
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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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Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.
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There is one particular argument that I call our 'ancient war.' If it could be summed up in one phrase, it would be, 'You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like to be me living with you.' There is such truth in that statement. None of us can really appreciate what it is like to be the other person, what that point of view feels like.
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Movies are very subjective.
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Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
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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.
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To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.
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I do a lot of ceramics.
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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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Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.
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Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
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Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life.
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I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
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I'm not counting any chickens.
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That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.
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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.