Jeff Bridges's Quotes

I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news.

I hate it when there's a good movie, someone overhypes it and I'm disappointed that I don't like it more.

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

I haven't been to Comic-Con.

I like people.

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.

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

I love marriage.

I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.

I never read reviews of something I want to see.

I resist life.

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

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

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

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

I want to have all of my faculties.

I wish I were more disciplined.

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

I'm a big fan of country.

I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.

I'm a longboard guy.

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

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

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.

I'm kind of an idea guy.

I'm light and airy.

I'm not counting any chickens.

I'm not locked into playing one guy.

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

I've gone out of my way to not take baggage with me from film to film.

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 got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

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.

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

If you're married you'll have tough times.

It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

It's funny. You succeed, but now where are you gonna go from there? I've got to keep proving that I can laugh or cry more real each time.

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

Life's picking up speed.

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.

Mania is a wonderful feeling.

Movies are like magic tricks.

Movies are very subjective.

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.

My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.

Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

Pretend was a big part of my childhood.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

There's a bit of the kid in me.

This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.

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.

Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness.

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

We love things that are convenient.

We're here for such a short period of time.

Well, I'm not a big sports fan.

Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.

Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.

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.

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.

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