He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I went through a very hairy period. I had a movie where I was going to play Walt Whitman that fell through.… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to… — 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… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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 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
Normally, after a movie, you know, you don't want to get up and do another one right away. That kind of pretend… — 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
Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
There are some actors that want you to call them by their character's name and they have no relationship with you outside… — 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
I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 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
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![“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…” quote by Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/703/jeff-bridges-1213_bigs_this-is-many-many-years-ago-it-was-short_417632.jpg)
![“I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And Mike just looked at me, in that very directorial manor, took a long pause, and he said, "You know the game tag?" And I said, "Yeah." And he said, "Well, you're it." That was some of the best…” quote by Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8e0/jeff-bridges-1213_couple_i-confessed-to-mike-cimino-a-couple-of-d_2565957.jpg)
