--- title: "19 Knows Quotes By Jeff Bridges" description: "19 Knows quotes by Jeff Bridges. Plus more from Jeff Bridges and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/jeff-bridges-1213_children_35-million-people-in-the-u-s-are-hungry_3235224.jpg" --- > [35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/35-million-people-in-the-u-s-are-hungry-or-don-t-know-where-their/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/jeff-bridges-1213_children_35-million-people-in-the-u-s-are-hungry_3235224.jpg) > [I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-really-try-hard-not-to-work-not-to-engage-because-i-know-what-that/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/jeff-bridges-1213_away_i-really-try-hard-not-to-work-not-to-eng_3087393.jpg) > [I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-don-t-know-how-it-is-for-women-or-for-other-guys-but-when-i-was/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jeff-bridges-1213_fear_i-don-t-know-how-it-is-for-women-or-for_355237.jpg) > [I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-remember-when-i-was-a-kid-with-the-acting-thing-i-resented-it/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/jeff-bridges-1213_acting_i-remember-when-i-was-a-kid-with-the-act_1285037.jpg) > [Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/making-a-film-it-uses-a-certain-pretend-muscle-i-don-t-know-what-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/jeff-bridges-1213_call_making-a-film-it-uses-a-certain-pretend_3044121.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/everyone-i-meet-is-in-my-sangha-i-don-t-know-if-that-s-the-proper/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/jeff-bridges-1213_definitions_everyone-i-meet-is-in-my-sangha-i-don-t_2820168.jpg) > [Normally, after a movie, you know, you don't want to get up and do another one right away. That kind of pretend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/normally-after-a-movie-you-know-you-don-t-want-to-get-up-and-do/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/jeff-bridges-1213_get-up_normally-after-a-movie-you-know-you-don_2249002.jpg) > [ He \[Michael Cimino\] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/he-michael-cimino-wasn-t-the-typical-filmmaker-i-don-t-know-if-he-had/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/jeff-bridges-1213_filmmaker_he-michael-cimino-wasn-t-the-typical-fil_800689.jpg) > [One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/one-of-my-favorite-artists-is-tom-waits-whom-most-people-think-of-as/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/jeff-bridges-1213_actor_one-of-my-favorite-artists-is-tom-waits_2412682.jpg) > [This is many, many years ago. It was shortly after "Starman" I think. I don't know how close I was to getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/this-is-many-many-years-ago-it-was-shortly-after-starman-i-think-i/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/jeff-bridges-1213_bigs_this-is-many-many-years-ago-it-was-short_417632.jpg) > [There are some actors that want you to call them by their character's name and they have no relationship with you outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/there-are-some-actors-that-want-you-to-call-them-by-their-character-s/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/jeff-bridges-1213_actor_there-are-some-actors-that-want-you-to-c_3220490.jpg) > [There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/there-s-lots-of-good-movies-where-you-feel-that-the-dialogue-could-be/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/jeff-bridges-1213_bigs_there-s-lots-of-good-movies-where-you-fe_125677.jpg) > [I don't have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I've got a couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-don-t-have-too-many-plans-filled-out-i-know-i-want-to-keep-doing/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/jeff-bridges-1213_agenda_i-don-t-have-too-many-plans-filled-out-i_2836193.jpg) > [One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/one-of-the-things-that-i-find-so-exciting-about-life-is-that-you-re/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeff-bridges-1213_about_one-of-the-things-that-i-find-so-excitin_1882101.jpg) > [ I confessed to Mike \[Cimino\] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-confessed-to-mike-cimino-a-couple-of-days-before-we-shot-i-was-like/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/jeff-bridges-1213_couple_i-confessed-to-mike-cimino-a-couple-of-d_2565957.jpg) > [I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-ve-done-movies-in-the-past-that-have-so-many-characters-and-i-find/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/jeff-bridges-1213_bigs_i-ve-done-movies-in-the-past-that-have-s_2672827.jpg) > [We would do improvisation together. And that in a way, had almost a "student-film side" where we'd be sitting there with Robert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/we-would-do-improvisation-together-and-that-in-a-way-had-almost-a/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa2/jeff-bridges-1213_couple_we-would-do-improvisation-together-and-t_1107267.jpg) > [I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-know-how-to-dance-with-the-wind-i-can-use-its-power-by-sailing-this/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/jeff-bridges-1213_arms_i-know-how-to-dance-with-the-wind-i-can_233629.jpg) > [I went through a very hairy period. I had a movie where I was going to play Walt Whitman that fell through.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-went-through-a-very-hairy-period-i-had-a-movie-where-i-was-going-to/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/jeff-bridges-1213_beard_i-went-through-a-very-hairy-period-i-had_904914.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by 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 part they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/nowadays-in-the-contract-that-actors-sign-you-have-to-agree-that-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/work-takes-me-away-from-my-wife-sue-and-my-life-in-santa-barbara/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 you kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/what-are-the-aspects-of-yourself-that-line-up-with-the-character-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/we-re-here-for-such-a-short-period-of-time-live-like-you-re-already/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-know-it-s-kind-of-a-shame-in-a-way-but-the-more-seasoned/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-just-find-my-creativity-manifesting-a-bunch-of-different-ways/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-know-ballet-might-be-too-formal-of-a-title-for-the-type-of-dance/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/like-most-kids-you-don-t-want-to-do-what-your-folks-want-you-to-do/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-prep-you-prep-you-prep-and-on-the-day-that-you-film-you-let-all/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/the-oscar-nomination-is-great-it-s-a-great-pat-on-the-back-and-i-like/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/when-you-start-to-engage-with-your-creative-processes-it-shakes-up/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/there-s-lots-of-good-movies-where-you-feel-that-the-dialogue-could-be/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/it-s-not-enough-just-to-treat-women-well-we-have-to-work-to-make-sure/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [Ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. I love to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/ballet-might-be-too-formal-of-a-title-for-the-type-of-dance-i-do-but/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/it-was-fortunate-for-all-of-us-to-have-joaquin-jackson-who-is-a-very/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/jeff-bridges/#itemlist", "name": "19 Knows Quotes By Jeff Bridges", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. 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