“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.” WantKidsJobsValuesParentDadDecidedWho You AreMy DadActiveSpares Author: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.” KnowsWantCharacterTogetherActorsNamesFunRelax Author:Jeff Bridges
“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 isn't right.” WantIdeasWholeJobsFatherParent 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
“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 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
“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.” KnowsWantKidsRememberParentActingRemember When Author:Jeff Bridges
“Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.” WantKidsFolks Author: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.” KnowsWantUseFilmCertainWhat You WantMuscles Author:Jeff Bridges
“Normally, after a movie, you know, you don't want to get up and do another one right away. That kind of pretend muscle or whatever you use making movies is kind of, you know, spent. And you have other things to do.” KnowsWantKindUseGet UpThings To DoMuscles Author: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.” WantMindKindPerfectArmsAspectBallsStayingPinsMind SetBowling Author:Jeff Bridges
“I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsMy OwnHookGratificationHookedImmediate Gratification Author:Jeff Bridges
“One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.” WantArtAmericaActingChildhoodHungerRealmsEnding Hunger Author: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.” WantGivingStatesHandsWould BeKidsDealsIssuesOne ThingFieldsPoliticianCongressHungerRingsCardsReportsVotingReport CardsField Trip Author: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.” WantKindRealLightFilmMagicLike YouClothesIllusionTricksAll KindsPullingMagic Tricks Author:Jeff Bridges
“Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.' And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I'm raring to go again.” WantFeelingsFilmMonthsThank God Author: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.” KnowsWantKidsJobsFatherGrowing UpGrowingDoorsFeetProductsDadMy DadStanding OutNepotism Author:Jeff Bridges
