Jeff Bridges Quotes
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I'm constantly falling deeper in love with my wife.
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I'm a pretty basic surfer.
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Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.
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Movies are very subjective.
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Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
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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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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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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 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'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
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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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Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury.
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
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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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When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
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I'm not counting any chickens.
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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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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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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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My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.
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Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.
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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.