“You liked the freshness of it, c'mon try it" and I said "oh God, I read it three of four times" and finally I said "all right, I want you guys to organize a reading and I want you to be there to see how terrible this is not going to work at all", so we had a table like this, and read the script, and it was just great.” WantTryingSaidGuyThreeReadingFourTerribleTablesScriptsI Want YouOrganizeGoing To WorkFreshness Author:Jeff Bridges
“There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was like that where people say "oh, you know, that sounds so..." and we'd always go back and get every man, every ellipses in there the way these guys write it. Because not only is it saying what Michael wants the character to say but the way they all speak kind of creates this tone because it's not exactly real.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantFeelsWritingKindLittlesRealCharacterBigsGuySpeakSoundEvery ManDialogueToneGood Movie Author:Jeff Bridges
“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.” KnowsYoungGuyKnow HowOther Guys Author: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.” LooksDoneGuyStuffChecksLazyParadox Author:Jeff Bridges
“Taylor Sheridan I think wrote a very good script. It reeked of authenticity. He seemed like a guy who knew what he was talking about and it turned out that Taylor's uncle is a Marshal, so he knew things from that side.” ThinkingGuySidesTalkingVery GoodScriptsAuthenticityUncles Author:Jeff Bridges
“I've done quite a few movies, I generally can feel that I'm not right for the role or a general fear if I can pull it off, and him giving that "tag" so to speak gave me the confidence. Like that Miles Davis line, "Don't worry about mistakes, there aren't any." Once you are the part, you're the guy, so you can't not be the guy because you're it.” IfsGivingFeelsI CanDoneGuySpeakLinesMistakeRolesWorryMilesTag Author:Jeff Bridges
“I remember in one of my early films I had a drunk scene. It was Kiss Me Goodbye, with Sally Field, and I was playing this kind of nerdy guy who gets drunk and dances. And so I thought, "Oh well, I'll just get drunk and do the dance." And it was wonderful, but then I had the rest of the day, and the next day. So I learned that 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.” KindCharacterRememberFilmGuyMemoriesWonderfulSceneKissingDrunkGoodbyeKiss MeOh WellGetting Drunk Author:Jeff Bridges
“I'm one of those guys who will drink to, uh, kind of celebrate. I don't drink too much when I'm down or anything like that. But you've really got to be, I guess the word that came to mind is "creative," about the way you're celebrating. You want to keep the celebration going. I've learned that lesson over and over. Here on the road there's a lot of cause for celebration, but you just gotta get the damper out a little bit, and you want to keep that governor on. You want to keep your give-a-shitter in kick.” MindKindGuyCreativeDrinkCelebrateCelebration Author:Jeff Bridges
“You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.” KnowsWayFirstsKindKidsJobsGuyDifficultDirectorsFirst TimeShameBlock Author:Jeff Bridges
