You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I've produced a couple of films and really enjoyed starting it from the very beginning and seeing it all the way through… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
We would do improvisation together. And that in a way, had almost a "student-film side" where we'd be sitting there with Robert… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Seeing David Mackenzie's work in "Starred Up," I thought that was a wonderful film. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I remember in one of my early films I had a drunk scene. It was Kiss Me Goodbye, with Sally Field, and… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories.… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've gone out of my way to not take baggage with me from film to film. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me,… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
We're here for such a short period of time. Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
