Jeff Bridges Quotes
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I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
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I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.
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My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.
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Mania is a wonderful feeling.
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Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.
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I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.
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I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.
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I don't even know what Instagram is, All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding.
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You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.
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You have these big $200 and $300 million movies with special effects, and I've always thought, 'Gee, why don't we make 30 movies instead of one $300 million movie?' Let's shake it up a bit; wouldn't that be a better bet? Evidently not.
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Sometimes I think about retiring but not stopping work. Just 're-tiring' - put on some new tires and go on to do something else.
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I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.
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I don't really think in career terms.
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I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.
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My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.
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Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.
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It's the same assignment on every part: you want to create a real world, and the tone of it is a little different on each movie. You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.
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I'm light and airy.
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I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.
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My father, he really encouraged me to really get into acting. He loved it so much, and he taught all the basics.
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Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.
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I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
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I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.