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Jeff Bridges Biography

Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt (1958–60) with his father Lloyd Bridges and brother Beau Bridges. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in six other films.

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It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.

Accept, Feelings, Perfection, Rid, Trying

You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

Compassion, Intimacy, Lead, Pain

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

Affect, Cool, Cool Things, Fame, Things

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

Gotta, Notes, Occur, Take, Things

I did [Michael Cimino] first movie, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot," and I remember I was still in my twenties and very nervous, we're shooting up in Montana, and I'm thinking, "What the hell am I doing here? I don't feel anything like this part.

Movie, Nervous, Shooting Up, Thinking, Thunderbolt, Twenties

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.

Artist, Know, People, Persona, Terrific, Thinking

A lot of people don't really understand what rehearsal's about. People are afraid they're gonna leave it in the dressing room, or you're gonna shoot your wad in rehearsal.

Dressing, Leave, People, Rehearsal, Rooms, Shoot

As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

Men, Picking, Roles, Romantic, Thinking

Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger only through the wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western democracies, we must end our national problem of hunger through national and political leadership. Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way to feed a nation. We don't protect our national security through charity, and we shouldn't protect our families and children that way either.

Children, Foodbanks, Inspiration, Local, Nice, Security

I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.

Directors, Hold, My Own, Opinion

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

Actors, Home, Takes, Work

We would do improvisation together. And that in a way, had almost a "student-film side" where we'd be sitting there with Robert Downey and Jon Favreau and we're playing around, we're jamming around and we read those pages and in next couple of days that's what we do, so it was a good experience. Kind of frightening at first because you didn't quite know how it was going to work out, but they had some very talented people there so it worked out well.

Couple, Experience, Jamming, Jon, People, Work Out

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot.

Hell, Michael, Scripts, Typical

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.

Engage, Real, Stories, Story, Tone

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.

Actor, Doors, Father, Feet, Foot, Tough

I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again this way, till finally I get to you. With rowing, you're working primarily with your arms and shoulders. But with sailing, you're making bigger use of the wind and the waves.

Dance, Sailing, Use, Way, Wind

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something. . . Maybe you just need to take a nap.

Nap, Naps, Needs, Nervous, Take

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

Campaigns, Movie, Movies, Part, People

Taylor Sheridan I think wrote a very good script. It reeked of authenticity. He seemed like a guy who knew what he was talking about and it turned out that Taylor's uncle is a Marshal, so he knew things from that side.

Authenticity, Seemed, Talking, Thinking, Uncles, Wrote

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

Folks, Kids, Thing, Want

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