388 Quotes by Jeff Bridges

I’d maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.

Obviously it’s fun to let yourself go and eat a pint of Haagen Dazs, but being healthy feels the best. Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.

One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you’re constantly surprised. You never know what’s going to happen, and it’s certainly like that making movies; every once in a while, one will come along that transcends all of your expectations.

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

You just have to work with your discomfort. It’s challenging, but you have to dance the dance that the band’s playing. You can’t say: “I came here to Cha Cha and they’re playing a Waltz, godammit!”

For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don’t want to stand out. You don’t want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I’m a product of nepotism. That’s how I got my foot in the door, through my dad.

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

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

I don’t have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood.