Jeff Bridges
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"Jeffrey Leon" ""Jeff"" "Bridges" is an American actor, country musician, and producer. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau Bridges/Beau, on television's Sea Hunt. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in The Last Picture Show, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman (film)/Starman, The Contender (2000 film)/The Contender, and True Grit (2010 film)/True Grit. Among his other better-known major motion films are: The Big Lebowski, Fearless (1993 film)/Fearless, Iron Man (2008 film)/Iron Man, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Jagged Edge (film)/Jagged Edge, Against All Odds (film)/Against All Odds, The Fisher King, Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream/Tucker, Seabiscuit (film)/Seabiscuit, Arlington Road, Tron, Tron: Legacy and The Giver (film)/The Giver.

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I've lost three of my buddies. Three of them died, and I'm the one who survived. They weren't just co-workers, they were my friends.

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The Dude abides.

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And that's one of the great things about actors: their willingness to play and to do something.

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But it's tough what we're doing here -- selling a movie. I like to know to as little as possible about movies that I'm interested in seeing.

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I guess it's out on the edge but it's a wonderful edge to play out on. And, with a playmate like Terry, it makes it all the more enticing.

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[Everything in Tideland is surprising.] But it's tough what we're doing here -- selling a movie, ... I like to know to as little as possible about movies that I'm interested in seeing.

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[Gilliam] has a very free imagination. There's nothing you feel you can't do as an actor. The audience can always be surprised going to a Terry Gilliam film. You think you might have him figured out, but he's going to give you some new treats.

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I guess I'm not like Emily Dickinson who keeps things wrapped up in a ribbon in their top drawer.

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