Jeff Bridges Quotes

I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.

I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through to the end; that was very gratifying.

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.

I'm not locked into playing one guy.

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

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 have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.

To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.

I'm not real good at romance.

Directing takes a lot of time.

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

I don't have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood.

Hope's interesting, isn't it? I can't turn hope off, it's hopeless.

I don't really think in career terms.

Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.

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.

When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.

Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

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.

You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

I understand professionals have to work when they don't feel like it, and I certainly don't feel like it. So maybe this will put the nail in the coffin for my acting career.

Obviously it's fun to let yourself go and eat a pint of Haagen Dazs, but being healthy feels the best. Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.

Every couple of years we'll watch the movie and it's like watching home movies, seeing the ranch on-screen. But that movie Heaven's Gate, people are appreciating it more and more as time goes on.

I loved working with my brother [Beau] and my father [Lloyd] whenever that happened. I had a wonderful experience making "The Fabulous Baker Boys," which I felt was a great movie, too.

Seeing David Mackenzie's work in "Starred Up," I thought that was a wonderful film.

I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life.

I thought bringing those two [Taylor Sheridan and David Mackenzie] together, odds are you're going to come up with something pretty good.

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.

A lot of people don't really understand what rehearsal's about. People are afraid they're gonna leave it in the dressing room, or you're gonna shoot your wad in rehearsal.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

Like most of the movies I get involved with, I resisted as long as possible, I really try to figure out why I shouldn't do it and this one had plenty of reasons "not to do it".

My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool foundation.

Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumulative effect as you make these little tweaks. It kinda adds up to something, hopefully.

I love marriage.

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

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.