Jeff Bridges Quotes
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I consider myself pretty lazy, but I look back and check out the stuff I've done, and I say, 'God, that's a lot of stuff for a lazy guy.' It's a paradox, I suppose, being both things.
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I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.
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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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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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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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I'm a pretty basic surfer.
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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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I resist life.
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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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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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Movies are very subjective.
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
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Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.
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Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.
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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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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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I do a lot of ceramics.
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Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
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To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.
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Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.
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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'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.