Jeff Bridges

Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.

— Jeff Bridges

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

— Jeff Bridges

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

— Jeff Bridges

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

— Jeff Bridges

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

— Jeff Bridges

“As the Dude says, New shit comes to light, and when it does, you’ll pick it up again.”

— Jeff Bridges

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

— Jeff Bridges

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.

— Jeff Bridges

You just have to work with your discomfort. ... It’s challenging, but you have to dance the dance that the band’s playing.…

— Jeff Bridges

With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you…

— Jeff Bridges

If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy,…

— Jeff Bridges

Taylor Sheridan I think wrote a very good script. It reeked of authenticity. He seemed like a guy who knew what he…

— Jeff Bridges

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's…

— Jeff Bridges

“All this is nothing but space to be danced in. There's no need to feel harnessed or limited in any way .…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jeff Bridges

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have…

— 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…

— Jeff Bridges

Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it…

— 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…

— Jeff Bridges

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes. "Mom, I'm too young to dance," I told her. She…

— Jeff Bridges

I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last…

— Jeff Bridges

It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.

— Jeff Bridges

I understand professionals have to work when they don't feel like it, and I certainly don't feel like it. So maybe this…

— Jeff Bridges

Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they…

— Jeff Bridges

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it…

— Jeff Bridges

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

— Jeff Bridges

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up…

— Jeff Bridges

I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.

— Jeff Bridges

One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America…

— Jeff Bridges

I have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and…

— Jeff Bridges

So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm…

— Jeff Bridges

I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums…

— 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…

— Jeff Bridges

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard…

— 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…

— Jeff Bridges

All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult…

— Jeff Bridges

Obviously it's fun to let yourself go and eat a pint of Haagen Dazs, but being healthy feels the best. Sobriety and…

— Jeff Bridges