Jeff Bridges Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• She was this incredible mom. With each of her kids, she did something called `time,' where she would spend an hour each day doing whatever the kid wanted to do, whether it was play spacemen or `Let's go into your makeup, and I'll make you up like a clown.' And as a teenager you'd be like, `Rub me, Mom. Give me a massage.'

  Jeff Bridges

  Mom, Mother, Teenager

  The ELLE Interview, www.elle.com. May 11, 2012.

• One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

  Jeff Bridges

  Kids, Issues, Hands

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. January 10, 2011.

• It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.

  Jeff Bridges

  Artist, Giving, Actors

  "Jeff Bridges Is Still Searching ... But For What?" by Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 11, 2011.

• 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

  Mistake, Giving, Worry

  Source: www.businessinsider.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.

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