Jeff Bridges Quotes
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Mania is a wonderful feeling.
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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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The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.
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My father Lloyd Bridges was very versatile in his parts, but he had a hit in the '60s 'Sea Hunt,' where he played a skin diver. And he was so into that role that people actually thought he was a skin-diver.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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I don't really think in career terms.
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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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Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.
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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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Pretend was a big part of my childhood.
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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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Women are so - maybe this is just a male perspective, but for my money, they're so connected to life in a way that men aren't. They're able to give birth, have children, and it's literally a part of them. They perhaps have a stronger capacity for caring than males.
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When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.
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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'm light and airy.
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I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.