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Jeff Bridges Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: December 4, 1949

Topics

Father Business Go Show Business His

I have the privilege of working with our in-house design studio, called Samara, and our humanitarian team, called Human. Samara is thinking about the future of Airbnb, and Human is working on ways to leverage our platform outside the cause of day-to-day business.

Future Business Team Thinking Design

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Work Art Mediator Inexpressible

There couldn't possibly be a more label-driven industry than acting, seeing as every audition comes with a character breakdown: 'Beautiful, sassy, Latina, 20s'; 'African American, urban, pretty, early 30s'; 'Caucasian, blonde, modern girl next door'. Every role has a label; every casting is for something specific.

Girl Character Beautiful Door Acting

My background was in graphic design, but when I was doing it, it was all hand-drawn stuff, not computers.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Computers Design Doing Stuff Graphic

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

God Wisdom Humble Grateful Talent

There are so many different ways to lead. The most important thing is to be genuine. To have people around you trust you, trust in what you stand for and who you are. And I think that if people watch you day in and day out and believe in your motives and they believe that you set a high standard for yourself.

Trust Day Yourself People Believe

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question.

Love Money Basketball You Play Ask

The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only way to get us back to the traditions where the Senate is doing the work of the American people is to change the rules.

Work Change Broken People American

When I was 20, I used to go around telling stories, and I knew where I was comfortable - onstage, talking, making 'em laugh and listen to the weirdest things. I liked being the center of attention.

Laugh Talking Attention Go Listen

Let's face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.

Me Road Face Stuff Happens Material

I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking has to be such an insane environment.

Environment Circus Why Understand Up

We actually have a small family. It's just my father and I and my grandmother, who lives in Tokyo. I cherish my friendships.

Family Father Small Grandmother Just

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