Jeff Bridges Quotes & Sayings

Mania is a wonderful feeling. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

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

I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own. — Jeff Bridges

If you're married you'll have tough times. — Jeff Bridges

You don't really have to do the things that your character is doing. But us actors, we use something called sense memory. I've certainly been drunk before, and part of my job is to recall that without getting drunk. — Jeff Bridges

I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways. — Jeff Bridges

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

As a kid, you want to be liked for who you are. You don't want to be liked for who your parents are. You don't want to get a job because of who your parents are. You want to do it on your own, with your own gifts and your own value. So, I decided to spare my kids that and not be as pro-active as my dad was. — Jeff Bridges

There are some actors that want you to call them by their character's name and they have no relationship with you outside of the character. But I like to get to know who I'm working with so that we can relax together, and it's more fun. — Jeff Bridges

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

Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward. — Jeff Bridges

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

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

I'm not counting any chickens. — Jeff Bridges

Movies are like magic tricks. — Jeff Bridges

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

I used to read comics when I was a kid. — Jeff Bridges

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good. — Jeff Bridges

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

I haven't been to Comic-Con. — Jeff Bridges

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

Pretend was a big part of my childhood. — Jeff Bridges

Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger only through the wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western democracies, we must end our national problem of hunger through national and political leadership. Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way to feed a nation. We don't protect our national security through charity, and we shouldn't protect our families and children that way either. — Jeff Bridges

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting. — Jeff Bridges

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

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie. — Jeff Bridges

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

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. — Jeff Bridges

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it. — Jeff Bridges

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father. — Jeff Bridges

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger. — Jeff Bridges

I don't have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I've got a couple of albums worth of songs I'd like to put it out there. As far as movies, I just want to continue how I've been doing it: working with terrific people is certainly on my agenda, and then doing stories that interest me. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of. — Jeff Bridges

A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people. — Jeff Bridges

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

I'm constantly falling deeper in love with my wife. — Jeff Bridges

Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light. — Jeff Bridges

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

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well. — Jeff Bridges

My father Lloyd Bridges was very versatile in his parts, but he had a hit in the '60s 'Sea Hunt,' where he played a skin diver. And he was so into that role that people actually thought he was a skin-diver. — Jeff Bridges

There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball. — Jeff Bridges

I'm not locked into playing one guy. — Jeff Bridges

I'm light and airy. — Jeff Bridges

I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites. — Jeff Bridges

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona. — Jeff Bridges

It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed. — Jeff Bridges

A fool and his money are quickly parted. — Jeff Bridges

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. — Jeff Bridges

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

We love things that are convenient. — Jeff Bridges

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line. — Jeff Bridges

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

One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues. — Jeff Bridges

I'm not real good at romance. — Jeff Bridges

Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do. — Jeff Bridges

I don't really care about having more fame than I have. — Jeff Bridges

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

Sobriety and health is the greatest thing. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up. — Jeff Bridges

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies. — Jeff Bridges

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. — Jeff Bridges

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war. — Jeff Bridges

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

I consider myself pretty lazy, but I look back and check out the stuff I've done, and I say, 'God, that's a lot of stuff for a lazy guy.' It's a paradox, I suppose, being both things. — Jeff Bridges

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

Kevin Bacon and I recently worked on a move together, R.I.P.D. Just before we'd begin a scene, when all of us would feel the normal anxiety that actors feel be- fore they start to perform, Kevin would look at me and the other actors with a very serious expression on his face and say: "Remember, everything depends on this!" It would make us all laugh. On the one hand, it's not true of course, but on the other, everything does depend on this, on just this moment and our attitude toward this moment. — Jeff Bridges

Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life. — Jeff Bridges

I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well. — Jeff Bridges

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

Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future. — Jeff Bridges

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing. — Jeff Bridges

Making a film, it uses a certain ... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions. — Jeff Bridges

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself. — Jeff Bridges

Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much. — Jeff Bridges

Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction. — Jeff Bridges

I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do. — Jeff Bridges

I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did! — Jeff Bridges

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up. — Jeff Bridges

Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

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

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in. — Jeff Bridges

I love marriage. — Jeff Bridges

I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom. — Jeff Bridges

Some people say you have to work with everything, but there's a time and a place. If it feels like a knot, wait. It will come up again when you and the universe are ready. — Jeff Bridges

Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life. — Jeff Bridges

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

I want to have all of my faculties. — Jeff Bridges

I'm used to watching old movies of myself. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

I'm a pretty basic surfer. — Jeff Bridges

If some crazy idea stays in my head for long enough, then there's no fighting it. I just say, Okay, let's go. — Jeff Bridges

Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs. — Jeff Bridges

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