Beau Bridges Quotes

First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.

Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.

When we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our love to kids who need it so much they will never ask for it.

I've always seen making movies as a bunch of little births and deaths. We come in. We don't know anybody or very few people that we work with, but the nature of the job pulls us into a sort of an intimate kind of relationship and communication and then they're gone and it's kind of melancholy. You miss that guy but then suddenly you're working with him again maybe somewhere.

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

I think that by now, in the very beginning when I first joined the show, General Landry was like a new kid in school. I was coming into a situation I didn't really know much about, and now, after a couple of years, the character's kind of mellowed and gotten comfortable working at the command center and very comfortable with his troops. What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended. The SG-1 franchise has been so successful for the network, that they always want to keep it open, an option to do it again in some way, whether that's a movie or a series, or whatever.

None of the people are what you think when you first meet them, who you think they are, and they turn out to be maybe something a little different.

On the other side, if Im playing a good guy, then he has some problems too. Thats what makes people interesting, in life and in fiction.

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

Sometimes it's hard to know why networks will stick with something. Sometimes the ratings won't happen, but there's excitement at the network, so they'll stay with the show.

As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.

Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.

I've done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl's father. It's a half-hour comedy. And I'll be doing some more of those. I have a movie coming out that I did with Misha Barton, called Don't Fade Away.

And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.

Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that.

Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.

My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.

I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.

Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and everything when they're not working. Sometimes that can be unfortunate because the work call is pretty intense and the preparation for it. If your focus is there, then the actual doing of the job will be fun and enjoyable. But if you're so involved in trying to be interesting and a character and everything when you're not working, it can get in the way and people get goofed up.

But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.

My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.

And I like music, too, I like playing music.

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

I appeared several times on Atlantis while I was doing Stargate. And they've mentioned to me before that they'd like me do some, but right now I have nothing specific to report. I know Amanda Tapping is a regular now on the show. But I have no plans to do that as we speak. But I don't know.

I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.

Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.

I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!