“As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.” PeopleActorsStrongLosesWonderfulWho You AreAnonymity Author: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.” PeopleRoomsDressingsRehearsalDressing Rooms Author:Jeff Bridges
“I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories. You end up not caring about any of the people and I thought that would be the case in this film, and you had these big speeches for each character, you know, it's like "God that's how you'll have to cut that down in order to paste it all", to edit the movie and my representatives could say "no, you really you ought to check it out.” PeopleKnowsEndsHardDoneCharacterStoriesBigsWould BePastFilmOrderCasesCuttingOughtSpeechCaringChecksRepresentativesEditsNot Caring 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
“We would do improvisation together. And that in a way, had almost a "student-film side" where we'd be sitting there with Robert Downey and Jon Favreau and we're playing around, we're jamming around and we read those pages and in next couple of days that's what we do, so it was a good experience. Kind of frightening at first because you didn't quite know how it was going to work out, but they had some very talented people there so it worked out well.” PeopleKnowsWayFirstsWellsKindTogetherFilmNextSidesKnow HowStudentsCouplePagesSittingWork OutFrighteningGoing To WorkImprovisationPlaying AroundGood ExperiencesRobert Downey Author: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.” PeopleFatherRolesSeaSkinsBridgesHuntsVersatile Author: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.” PeopleKnowsWantStoriesSongInterestPlansCoupleFilledAlbumsAgendasTerrificFilled Out Author:Jeff Bridges
“You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.” PeopleChildrenKidsRealizingHaving Kids Author: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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayArtistActorsWaitingWonderfulPoetMy FavoriteSingersTomsSongwritersTerrificPersonaSinger SongwritersGreat PoetFavorite Artist Author:Jeff Bridges
“Every couple of years we'll watch the movie and it's like watching home movies, seeing the ranch on-screen. But that movie Heaven's Gate, people are appreciating it more and more as time goes on.” PeopleYearsHomeHeavenWatchesSeeingGoes OnCoupleAppreciateScreensGatesTime Goes On Author: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. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't feel right. But after a while I guess I figured I must be doing something right, because people wouldn't keep hiring me if I didn't have something to give.” PeopleGivingKidsRememberFatherParentActingRemember WhenHiring Author:Jeff Bridges
“Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man.” PeopleMenKingsRoyalty Author:Jeff Bridges
“People fall in love for mysterious reasons.” PeopleReasonFallFalling In LoveMysterious Author:Jeff Bridges
“A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.” PeopleAcceptingAppealsRelaxedFellas Author:Jeff Bridges
“Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.” PeopleKindDifferentLightRunningRomanceHateTermHoursTechnologyCarFrontsComputerSittingOilDifferent ThingsBroadsElectricLove HateLove Hate RelationshipElectric LightLove And Hate Relationship Author: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.” PeopleThinkingTogetherDarkRoomsEmotionWonderfulTheaterBunchDark Room Author: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.” PeopleShowsSeemsActorsCampaignsMovieShow Business Author:Jeff Bridges
“What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it.” PeopleWaySaidFatherDadRose Author: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.” PeopleIfsKnowsChildrenWarCountryNextPoorMillionsSocietyOur ChildrenHungerHungryUsaMealsWorld HungerEnding HungerHunger For FoodFood BanksHunger Awareness Author:Jeff Bridges
