Jeff Bridges Quotes
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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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Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.
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I love marriage.
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There's a bit of the kid in me.
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There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.
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It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.
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I've been playing since I was a teenager, and I put out a few albums when I was younger. When 'Crazy Heart' took off, it gave me another reason to get into music in a more serious fashion.
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Execution is everything.
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The barn doors are open, and the horses are running out because we've got guns all over the place. It's basically a cold war for individuals: you've got a nuclear bomb, and I've got a nuclear bomb, and the only thing stopping us from using them is the fact we both have them.
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My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife.
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In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
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I gotta take notes when things occur to me.
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Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested.
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I really try my best not to get attached to a script, because I know what it takes: It takes you away from your family and what you like to do.
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It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.
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In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.
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Directing takes a lot of time.
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I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
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If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.
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That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie.
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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 think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
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My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.
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One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.