Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridgesis an American actor, singer and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family, and appeared on the television series Sea Hunt, with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart, and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contenderand True Grit. His other films include...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 December 1949
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories. You end up not caring about any of the people and I thought that would be the case in this film, and you had these big speeches for each character, you know, it's like "God that's how you'll have to cut that down in order to paste it all", to edit the movie and my representatives could say "no, you really you ought to check it out.
I'm a pretty basic surfer.
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.
Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested.
Like most of the movies I get involved with, I resisted as long as possible, I really try to figure out why I shouldn't do it and this one had plenty of reasons "not to do it".
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.
Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.
Well, I'm not a big sports fan.
Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much.
We're here for such a short period of time.
Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.
It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.
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.