“I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.”
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“Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.”
FamousAll Quotes by Jeff Bridges
“I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.”
Movies“Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.”
Marriage“I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.”
Movies“Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.”
Business“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.”
Relationship“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.”
Change“Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that.”
Experience“Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction, I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.”
Funny“You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.”
Technology“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.”
Change“I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.”
Food“Well, I'm not a big sports fan.”
Sports“I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.”
Mom“Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.”
Relationship“I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.”
Fear“I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.”
Marriage“I love marriage.”
Marriage“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.”
Art“I'm used to watching old movies of myself.”
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