Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges

44 quotes

Few American actors have been quoted as widely as Jeff Bridges (b. 1949), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. Known for his leading man roles in film and television, their words carry the weight of lived experience. We feature 59 quotes from Jeff Bridges spanning Movies, Relationship, Marriage, Work, and Technology, making them one of the most prolific voices in our archive. To get a sense of their style, try: "Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business."

“Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.”

— Jeff Bridges

Famous

All Quotes by Jeff Bridges

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

— Jeff Bridges

Home

“I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.”

— Jeff Bridges

Movies

“Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.”

— Jeff Bridges

Marriage

“I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.”

— Jeff Bridges

Movies

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

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

Funny

“You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

Food

“Well, I'm not a big sports fan.”

— Jeff Bridges

Sports

“I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

Fear

“I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.”

— Jeff Bridges

Marriage

“I love marriage.”

— Jeff Bridges

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.”

— Jeff Bridges

Art

“I'm used to watching old movies of myself.”

— Jeff Bridges

Movies