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
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!"
I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.
I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
There are some actors that want you to call them by their character's name and they have no relationship with you outside of the character. But I like to get to know who I'm working with so that we can relax together, and it's more fun.
If you're married you'll have tough times.
My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.
Everybody loses a couple, and you either pack it up and go home or you keep on fighting.
I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
Kevin Bacon and I recently worked on a move together, R.I.P.D. Just before we'd begin a scene, when all of us would feel the normal anxiety that actors feel be- fore they start to perform, Kevin would look at me and the other actors with a very serious expression on his face and say: "Remember, everything depends on this!" It would make us all laugh. On the one hand, it's not true of course, but on the other, everything does depend on this, on just this moment and our attitude toward this moment.
For me and my wife, it was love at first sight.
With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
To go into therapy is an adventure, not really to iron anything out.
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.