110+ Jeff Bridges Quotes On Grace, Grace And Mercy And Jimmy Kimmel

Jeff Bridges is an American actor, producer, and singer. He is known for his roles in films such as The Big Lebowski, True Grit, and Crazy Heart, for which he won an Academy Award. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards throughout his career, winning Best Actor for Crazy Heart in 2010. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Jeff Bridges on life, leadership, grace.

Top 10 Jeff Bridges Quotes

1. 35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.
2. You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.
3. I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.
4. Movies are like magic tricks.
5. Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man.
6. It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.
7. One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.
8. This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.
9. If some crazy idea stays in my head for long enough, then there's no fighting it. I just say, Okay, let's go.
10. You can change things, you can make things better.

Jeff Bridges Short Quotes

• I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news.
• You don't want to vilify your ego.
• I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.
• Memories are not just about the past. They determine our future.
• I have no lucky charm. I am 100 percent superstition-free, and I take nothing for granted.
• Well, when we made 'Tron' there was no internet, no cellphones.
• We're here for such a short period of time.
• Everybody loses a couple, and you either pack it up and go home or you keep on fighting.
• If you're married you'll have tough times.
• Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Life

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

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. — Jeff Bridges

I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom. — Jeff Bridges

Play doesn't have to be a frivolous thing. You may think of a Beethoven symphony as something serious, but it's still being played. I think Oscar Wilde said that life is too important to be taken seriously. — Jeff Bridges

I play music as much as I can. I have a band called The Abiders. We've put out a couple of albums you can find on iTunes. We tour and all that stuff, so music is very much a part of my life. — Jeff Bridges

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left. — Jeff Bridges

All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Engaging

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family. — Jeff Bridges

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Work

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can. — Jeff Bridges

Working with my dad was such a gas. We approached the work in a similar way. We only made two films together when I was an adult, Tucker, and Blown Away, but it was so much fun to play with your parent like that. — Jeff Bridges

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!” — Jeff Bridges

Seeing David Mackenzie's work in "Starred Up," I thought that was a wonderful film. — Jeff Bridges

I know how to dance with the wind, I can use its power by sailing this way, then that way, and again this way, till finally I get to you. With rowing, you're working primarily with your arms and shoulders. But with sailing, you're making bigger use of the wind and the waves. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

I've never been motivated by the award thing. There's a certain thing that this fame thing does that makes my job harder, in a way. I'm still working with that. I don't think about it too much until somebody asks me a question, and then I think about it. — Jeff Bridges

I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work. — Jeff Bridges

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him. — Jeff Bridges

I loved working with my brother [Beau] and my father [Lloyd] whenever that happened. I had a wonderful experience making "The Fabulous Baker Boys," which I felt was a great movie, too. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Acting

I understand professionals have to work when they don't feel like it, and I certainly don't feel like it. So maybe this will put the nail in the coffin for my acting career. — Jeff Bridges

I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career. — Jeff Bridges

I remember when I was a kid, with the acting thing, I resented it because, you know, you don't want to do what your parents want you to do. — Jeff Bridges

My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Parent

During my early years, I thought I might be a musician. Like most kids, I didn't do what my parents wanted me to do. They were gung-ho that all their kids become actors. They loved showbiz so much. I am a product of nepotism, basically. — Jeff Bridges

I had years of partying, and I was kind of surprised and happy I survived it all. Now, being a parent, I look back on it thinking, Oh God, the things you did! — Jeff Bridges

You don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't isn't right. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Quotes About Kind

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. — Jeff Bridges

Normally, after a movie, you know, you don't want to get up and do another one right away. That kind of pretend muscle or whatever you use making movies is kind of, you know, spent. And you have other things to do. — Jeff Bridges

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script. — Jeff Bridges

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb. — Jeff Bridges

I'm kind of an idea guy. — Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Jeff Bridges

Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do. — Jeff Bridges

One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp. — Jeff Bridges

I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And Mike just looked at me, in that very directorial manor, took a long pause, and he said, "You know the game tag?" And I said, "Yeah." And he said, "Well, you're it." That was some of the best direction I think I've ever received. — Jeff Bridges

I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film. — Jeff Bridges

The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are slightly more attractive, or are perceived that way by others, he's very content. — Jeff Bridges

I have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and her answer to my question when I asked her, "Will you go out with me?" — Jeff Bridges

I did [Michael Cimino] first movie, "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot," and I remember I was still in my twenties and very nervous, we're shooting up in Montana, and I'm thinking, "What the hell am I doing here? I don't feel anything like this part. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

I've done quite a few movies, I generally can feel that I'm not right for the role or a general fear if I can pull it off, and him giving that "tag" so to speak gave me the confidence. Like that Miles Davis line, "Don't worry about mistakes, there aren't any." Once you are the part, you're the guy, so you can't not be the guy because you're it. — Jeff Bridges

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes. "Mom, I'm too young to dance," I told her. She kind of forced me, but I ended up loving it, and after the first lesson I came back and said, "Come on, Mom, I'll show you the box step." That introduced me not just to dancing but also to working with someone without having a goal. — Jeff Bridges

I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did. — Jeff Bridges

A fool and his money are quickly parted. — Jeff Bridges

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes. — Jeff Bridges

"The Big Lebowski" is a real masterpiece, as far as I'm concerned. I suppose I'm a bit biased because I'm in it. — Jeff Bridges

Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up. — Jeff Bridges

I'm in New Mexico making a movie called "Granite Mountain." I'm playing the head of the organization called Statesman, which is the United States version of Kingsman. I'm like how Michael Caine was in the original. — Jeff Bridges

You liked the freshness of it, c'mon try it" and I said "oh God, I read it three of four times" and finally I said "all right, I want you guys to organize a reading and I want you to be there to see how terrible this is not going to work at all", so we had a table like this, and read the script, and it was just great. — Jeff Bridges

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. — Jeff Bridges

Once, during an interview in front of my wife, I was asked, "Are you one of those actors who brings your character home? Do you stay in character?" I said, "No, not really. I don't do that," and she started laughing. I asked her why. She said, "Well, you might think you don't bring characters home, but you do." So, while I don't feel like a character is lingering, it probably is. — Jeff Bridges

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

Mania is a wonderful feeling. — Jeff Bridges

I hadn't talked to him in many, many years. He got a bad rap on "Heaven's Gate." I actually live in the hog ranch from "Heaven's Gate" in Montana. Mike Cimino gave me that set, the whorehouse, that's my house. — Jeff Bridges

As a kid, you want to be liked for who you are. You don't want to be liked for who your parents are. You don't want to get a job because of who your parents are. You want to do it on your own, with your own gifts and your own value. So, I decided to spare my kids that and not be as pro-active as my dad was. — Jeff Bridges

I haven't been to Comic-Con. — Jeff Bridges

I'm not counting any chickens. — Jeff Bridges

You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing. — Jeff Bridges

Myths are wonderful - they really tell the stories that connect all of us and teach us so much. — Jeff Bridges

It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed. — Jeff Bridges

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing. — Jeff Bridges

I used to be somebody. Now I’m somebody else. — Jeff Bridges

Every couple of years we'll watch the movie and it's like watching home movies, seeing the ranch on-screen. But that movie Heaven's Gate, people are appreciating it more and more as time goes on. — Jeff Bridges

I don't really think in career terms. — Jeff Bridges

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

Well, Thanksgiving we'll all gather at my house for dinner and we usually do Christmas at Beau's house. My mom is still feisty and kicking. She's 92. I saw her last night and she published a book at 90. It's a wonderful book called "You Caught Me Kissing" and it's basically love-poems that she wrote for my dad. It's more than that, it's a wonderful book. — Jeff Bridges

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. But in "Iron Man" it was kind of like both worlds colliding because there was a lot of improvisation, not that we improv-ed in the scenes but to discover the actual scenes themselves. — Jeff Bridges

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". — Jeff Bridges

Tightness gets in the way of everything, except tightness. — Jeff Bridges

There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was like that where people say "oh, you know, that sounds so..." and we'd always go back and get every man, every ellipses in there the way these guys write it. Because not only is it saying what Michael wants the character to say but the way they all speak kind of creates this tone because it's not exactly real. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

He [Michael Cimino] wasn't the typical filmmaker. I don't know if he had more in him, he certainly had a lot of scripts. I know he wrote a hell of a lot. — Jeff Bridges

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

Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for. — Jeff Bridges

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. — Jeff Bridges

I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see, and then....one day....I got in! — Jeff Bridges

My father Lloyd Bridges was very versatile in his parts, but he had a hit in the '60s 'Sea Hunt,' where he played a skin diver. And he was so into that role that people actually thought he was a skin-diver. — Jeff Bridges

Well, I'm not a big sports fan. — Jeff Bridges

There's a bit of the kid in me. — Jeff Bridges

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

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie. — Jeff Bridges

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap. — Jeff Bridges

It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a few days with us on set and he added a lot to it for me on what it's like to be a Texas Ranger. — Jeff Bridges

As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing. — Jeff Bridges

Pretend was a big part of my childhood. — Jeff Bridges

I don't have too much time to jam with the rest of Hollywood. — Jeff Bridges

I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do. — Jeff Bridges

When you're a professional you gotta do it [your job] when you don't feel like doing it. — Jeff Bridges

This is many, many years ago. It was shortly after "Starman" I think. I don't know how close I was to getting the part. I met with [director] Penny Marshall and that's one that I knew would be a hit. It just felt hit-ish. But it's like you go to a store and you see a jacket and you go "I love that jacket" and you try it on and it's too big or too small for you and it's the only one they have. For some reason that part just didn't fit me. — Jeff Bridges

Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I'd be used to it after all these years, but it's like it's happening for the first time. — Jeff Bridges

I find I'm most challenged by things I really care about, because I really want to do them well. It causes quite a bit of anxiety. But that very thing you're afraid of is kind of like a blessing in disguise. If you didn't have that fear, you wouldn't have the other side - courage and bravery, positive emotions.As an actor, you get used to those fears, and you're almost happy when they show up. It makes you learn your lines and prepare. — 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. — Jeff Bridges

Words fall short sometimes. — Jeff Bridges

Life Lessons by Jeff Bridges

1. Jeff Bridges demonstrates the importance of hard work and dedication to one's craft, as he has been acting for over 50 years and has earned numerous awards and accolades for his work.
2. He also shows the value of staying humble and grounded, as he has maintained a successful career without succumbing to the trappings of fame.
3. Finally, he highlights the importance of giving back, as he has been involved in numerous charitable causes throughout his life.