Jeff Bridges Quotes
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Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.
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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.
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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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Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.' And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I'm raring to go again.
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Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.
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I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
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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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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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Execution is everything.
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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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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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The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.
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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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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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If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.
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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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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 have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.
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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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I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.
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There's a bit of the kid in me.
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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.
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I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me.
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A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.