“It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.” FeelsTryingFeelingsAcceptingAspectPerfectionWho You AreAcknowledgeBe YouDiscomfort Author:Jeff Bridges
“Like most of the movies I get involved with, I resisted as long as possible, I really try to figure out why I shouldn't do it and this one had plenty of reasons "not to do it".” TryingLongReasonFiguresInvolvedPlentyGet Involved Author:Jeff Bridges
“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
“You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing.” TryingFilmDealsAchieveEmptinessPreps Author:Jeff Bridges
“I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.” KnowsTryingMeanHardHard WorkMy FamilyWorking ItTake MeTake Me Away Author:Jeff Bridges
“This is many, many years ago. It was shortly after "Starman" I think. I don't know how close I was to getting the part. I met with [director] Penny Marshall and that's one that I knew would be a hit. It just felt hit-ish. But it's like you go to a store and you see a jacket and you go "I love that jacket" and you try it on and it's too big or too small for you and it's the only one they have. For some reason that part just didn't fit me.” ThinkingKnowsTryingYearsReasonBigsWould BeFeltKnow HowLike YouFitMetsDirectorsYears AgoStoresJacketsPennies Author:Jeff Bridges
“It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.” IfsTryingKindScrewsScrew UpsOverwork Author:Jeff Bridges
“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.” TryingProjectsScripts Author:Jeff Bridges
“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. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife.” KnowsTryingMeanReasonAbleWifeWonderfulPositionProjectsScriptsMy Wife Author:Jeff Bridges
“Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.” IfsKnowsWayTryingJoyRaisedFolksTechniqueJust BeingBent Author:Jeff Bridges
