Jeff Bridges Quotes
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Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat; thoughts are no different than anything else.
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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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The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.
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Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.
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I'm kind of an idea guy.
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What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb.
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Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.
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Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that.
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My mom wasn't a movie star.
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Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for.
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I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.
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One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.
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If you're married you'll have tough times.
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I've worked with a lot of first-time directors who kind of look to me for ideas and opinions and stuff, and I'm a team player.
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I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
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My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother.
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I used to read comics when I was a kid.
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With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
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I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did!