Quotes from Jeff Bridges

I notice that when I'm generous, accepting, and loving toward myself, all that's reflected out into the world. The more I cut myself slack, the more I don't judge myself for not being other than I am, the more I'm aware of who I am, see it, honor it, and respect it, the more I do all those things for others. I push them less and I respect their different rhythms.

To me, this book is sort of like a snakeskin. A snakeskin is something you might find on the side of the road and make something out of—a belt, say, or a hatband. The snake itself heads off doing more snake stuff—getting it on with lady snakes, eating rats, making more snakeskins, et cetera.

up in the morning, go to the bathroom, pee, brush your teeth, look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself. Do it every morning to start off the day, as a practice.

As the Dude says, New shit comes to light, and when it does, you'll pick it up again.

Hope's interesting, isn't it? I can't turn hope off, it's hopeless.

Do we really need to arm our citizens with machine guns or semiautomatic weapons? And don't we need to make sure that people who do own guns are qualified to own them?

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 you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.

My website's kind of fun for me. I get to do drawings on that. It's kind of fun.

There are so many things that pop up. If you are paying attention, you can learn every second of the day. Life is my guru.

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.

I'm not counting any chickens.

This industry is tough on relationships. I've always thought that my wife should have a credit up alongside mine because I couldn't do what I do without her support.

My photography is mainly focused on my work making movies, which I've done my whole life. I think I have a perspective that not many people have. And I get to take advantage of all of the strange sources of light on a set.

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

Pretend was a big part of my childhood.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

Often, when I finish a film, I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.'

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.

It's easy to point out the evil in other people, but that can be found in all of us. That selfishness, that is something we all have in us. Sometimes you are successful at dealing with it, and sometimes you are not.

I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.

Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

The first thing that pops into my mind when it comes to playing cowboys is my father, Lloyd Bridges. When I was a little kid, I loved to dress up like a cowboy - put on the boots, hat, and walk around. He was in a lot of westerns, and my dad loved to ride.