Quotes from Jeff Bridges

I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

Thoughts will change and shift just like the wind and the water when you're on the boat thoughts are no different than anything else.

Well, I'm not a big sports fan.

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

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

Normally, I love to go to the movies and when I see a character portrayed by different actors at different ages, it kind of pops a little bit for me. It brings me out of the movie experience. Now we have the technology to cure that.

When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.

I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.

I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.

Movies are very subjective.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Being alive, you have to do something. Not doing anything is also some kind of action.

Some people say you have to work with everything, but there's a time and a place. If it feels like a knot, wait. It will come up again when you and the universe are ready.

if you're going to wait to get all the information you think you need before you act, you'll never act because there's an infinite amount of information out there.

It's like what Miles Davis says: "Don't worry about mistakes, there aren't any.

Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up.

Well that's like, your opinion, man.

unless you can explain Zen in words that a fisherman will comprehend, you don't know what you're talking about.

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up.

All this is nothing but space to be danced in. There's no need to feel harnessed or limited in any way . . . When the Dude is not in, life just blossoms.

In some way, my saying that I'm not here now feels sort of like an acknowledgment that I am here now, only feeling that I'm not.

the word happiness comes from to happen.