Quotes from Jeff Bridges

What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it.

My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.

I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.

I wish I were more disciplined.

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

I want to have all of my faculties.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by.

I've been playing since I was a teenager, and I put out a few albums when I was younger. When 'Crazy Heart' took off, it gave me another reason to get into music in a more serious fashion.

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

Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife.

My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.

I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites.

The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling.

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.

Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.

I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me.

I don't have too many plans filled out. I know I want to keep doing more music. I've got a couple of albums worth of songs I'd like to put it out there. As far as movies, I just want to continue how I've been doing it: working with terrific people is certainly on my agenda, and then doing stories that interest me.

Just getting something in the books that makes sure people with mental illness and terrorists can't get guns would be a good idea.

So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm plorking.

When you truly commit in your life, you start receiving more than you could imagine.