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 BridgesI'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
Jeff BridgesI love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.
Jeff BridgesAs 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 BridgesThis 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