Jeff Bridges Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• 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

  Dad, Father, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.

  Jeff Bridges

  Mother, Father, Live Your Life

• My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother.

  Jeff Bridges

  Inspirational, Mother, Teacher

  "The Dude will see you now" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2003.

• 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

  Jobs, Growing Up, Dad

• 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

  Jobs, Father, Ideas

  "Jeff Bridges Abides". Interview with Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. November, 2011.

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

  Jeff Bridges

  Teacher, Brother, Father

• 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

  Father, Sea, Bridges

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. January 13, 2010.

• Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

  Jeff Bridges

  Father, Kids, Actors

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. January 13, 2010.

• 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

  Brother, Father, Boys

  "PUM One on One: Jeff Bridges The “Hell or High Water” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.

  Jeff Bridges

  Father, Doors, Feet

  "Jeff Bridges Abides". Interview with Tim McDonnell, www.motherjones.com. November, 2011.

• One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age. It's funny, I get an image of the thing with eggs and chickens where, when the egg is getting ready to hatch, the little chicken will start to peck at the shell a little bit, and the mom will hear that and start to peck at the shell from the outside, and they're both kind of working together.

  Jeff Bridges

  Mom, Father, Working Together

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• 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. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't feel right. But after a while I guess I figured I must be doing something right, because people wouldn't keep hiring me if I didn't have something to give.

  Jeff Bridges

  Father, Kids, People

  "Jeff Bridges Abides". Interview With Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2011.

• 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

  Fun, Dad, Father

• I had success as an actor relatively early. When I was 22, I got nominated for an Academy Award for The Last Picture Show, so that road, you know, had the least resistance. I was doing my music all that time, but it's pretty hard to turn down these great movie offers. And my father counseled me; he said, "You know, one of the wonderful things about acting is that you can incorporate all of your interests into the different parts you play." I'm glad I listened to the old man, because that's the way it turned out.

  Jeff Bridges

  Father, Men, Acting

  "Jeff Bridges Abides". Interview With Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2011.

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