Jeff Bridges

I really try hard not to work, not to engage, because I know what that means. What hard work it is; it takes me away from my family.

Sometimes I think about retiring but not stopping work. Just 're-tiring' - put on some new tires and go on to do something else.

My M.O. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that.

I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.

A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can.

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.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife.

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.

You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.

Do we really need to arm our citizens with machine guns or semiautomatic weapons? And don't we need to make sure that people who do own guns are qualified to own them?