Quotes by Jeff Bridges

About Jeff Bridges:

Jeffrey Leon is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on television's Sea Hunt. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender, and True Grit. Some of his other better-known films are: The Big Lebowski, Fearless, Iron Man, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Tucker, Seabiscuit, Arlington Road, Tron, Tron: Legacy and The Giver.
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Myths are wonderful tools that we've had, oh, for eons now that help us navigate the situations we find ourselves in.

Jeff Bridges

As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content.

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

Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

Jeff Bridges

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.

Jeff Bridges

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

Jeff Bridges

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

Jeff Bridges

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

Jeff Bridges

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

Jeff Bridges

I do a lot of ceramics.

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

I haven't been to Comic-Con.

Jeff Bridges

I don't really think in career terms.

Jeff Bridges

I used to read comics when I was a kid.

Jeff Bridges

I wish I were more disciplined.

Jeff Bridges

I like to know where the camera is.

Jeff Bridges

I want to have all of my faculties.

Jeff Bridges

I never read reviews of something I want to see.

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

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'm not locked into playing one guy.

Jeff Bridges

Author Bio

  • NameJeff Bridges
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, singer-songwriter and producer
  • BornDecember 4, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Singer-songwriter; Singer; Film Producer; Composer; Photographer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Donostia Award