“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.”
Age
“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.”
ChangeAll Quotes by Jeff Bridges
“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“I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.”
Movies“Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.”
Marriage“For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.”
Alone“I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.”
Relationship“I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.”
Mom“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 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“When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.”
Mom“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.”
Dad“I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.”
Movies“I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.”
Marriage“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“A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.”
Great“Movies are very subjective.”
Movies“I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.”
Home“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“I'm used to watching old movies of myself.”
Movies“I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.”
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