--- title: "21 Want Quotes By Jeff Bridges" description: "21 Want quotes by Jeff Bridges. Plus more from Jeff Bridges and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/jeff-bridges-1213_faculty_i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties-15171_1517167.jpg" --- > [I want to have all of my faculties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/jeff-bridges-1213_faculty_i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties-15171_1517167.jpg) > [I never read reviews of something I want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want-to-see/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/jeff-bridges-1213_books_i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want_1602571.jpg) > [You don't want to vilify your ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jeff-bridges-1213_ego_you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego-206969_2069692.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfe/jeff-bridges-1213_folks_like-most-kids-you-don-t-want-to-do-what_95452.jpg) > [I think we're all hooked, I feel my own hook-ness on immediate gratification you know. I want what I want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-think-we-re-all-hooked-i-feel-my-own-hook-ness-on-immediate/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/jeff-bridges-1213_feels_i-think-we-re-all-hooked-i-feel-my-own-h_3048787.jpg) > [There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/there-s-kind-of-a-zen-aspect-to-bowling-the-pins-are-either-staying/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50c/jeff-bridges-1213_arms_there-s-kind-of-a-zen-aspect-to-bowling_3009277.jpg) > [You don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-don-t-want-to-do-what-your-parents-want-you-to-do-you-got-your/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/jeff-bridges-1213_father_you-don-t-want-to-do-what-your-parents-w_634372.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) > [Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/often-when-i-finish-a-film-i-ll-have-that-feeling-inside-me-i-never/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/jeff-bridges-1213_again_often-when-i-finish-a-film-i-ll-have-tha_211856.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 films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/making-films-is-sort-of-like-you-re-pulling-off-a-magic-trick-it-s/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/jeff-bridges-1213_all-kinds_making-films-is-sort-of-like-you-re-pull_2185109.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) > [Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/often-when-i-finish-a-film-i-ll-have-that-feeling-inside-me-i-never-2/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/jeff-bridges-1213_cinema_often-when-i-finish-a-film-i-ll-have-tha_2424830.jpg) > [One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/one-thing-i-want-to-do-is-create-something-called-ring-around/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/jeff-bridges-1213_cards_one-thing-i-want-to-do-is-create-somethi_1772855.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) > [As a kid, you want to be liked for who you are. You don't want to be liked for who your parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/as-a-kid-you-want-to-be-liked-for-who-you-are-you-don-t-want-to-be/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/jeff-bridges-1213_active_as-a-kid-you-want-to-be-liked-for-who-yo_1923842.jpg) > [You liked the freshness of it, c'mon try it" and I said "oh God, I read it three of four times" and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-liked-the-freshness-of-it-c-mon-try-it-and-i-said-oh-god-i-read/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/jeff-bridges-1213_four_you-liked-the-freshness-of-it-c-mon-try_1573748.jpg) > [One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/one-of-the-things-i-want-to-do-that-s-outside-the-realm-of-acting-and/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/jeff-bridges-1213_acting_one-of-the-things-i-want-to-do-that-s-ou_705250.jpg) > [For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/for-me-growing-up-the-downside-of-it-was-that-as-a-kid-you-don-t-want/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/jeff-bridges-1213_dad_for-me-growing-up-the-downside-of-it-was_1253618.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) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/jeff-bridges/#itemlist", "name": "21 Want Quotes By Jeff Bridges", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to have all of my faculties.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/jeff-bridges-1213_faculty_i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties-15171_1517167.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/jeff-bridges-1213_faculty_i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties-15171_1517167.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/jeff-bridges-1213_faculty_i-want-to-have-all-of-my-faculties-15171_1517167.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to have all of my faculties.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never read reviews of something I want to see.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want-to-see/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/jeff-bridges-1213_books_i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want_1602571.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/jeff-bridges-1213_books_i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want_1602571.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/jeff-bridges-1213_books_i-never-read-reviews-of-something-i-want_1602571.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never read reviews of something I want to see.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't want to vilify your ego.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jeff-bridges-1213_ego_you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego-206969_2069692.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jeff-bridges-1213_ego_you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego-206969_2069692.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jeff-bridges-1213_ego_you-don-t-want-to-vilify-your-ego-206969_2069692.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't want to vilify your ego.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. 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