Jeff Bridges movie quotes

“You really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you? Your father, he helped give us the atomic bomb. Now what kind of world would it be today if he was as selfish as you?”

Jeff Bridges - Obadiah Stane

“- Starman: I thought guns make you a little bit jumpy.
- Jenny Hayden: You make me a little bit jumpy.”
Jeff Bridges - Starman
Karen Allen - Jenny Hayden

“- Master Gregory: Liquids. Needed to ward off evil spirits.
- Tom Ward: Fermented liquids?
- Master Gregory: Lest I forgot, pick up grease, salt, flour, and bacon.
- Tom Ward: I'm starting to wish I was a sixth son.”

Jeff Bridges - Master Gregory
Ben Barnes - Tom Ward

“- Dr. Mark Powell: What would you say if I told you I think you're as human as I am?
- Prot: I would say you're in need of a thorazine drip, Doctor.”
Jeff Bridges - Dr. Mark Powell
Kevin Spacey - Prot

“- Barney Cousins: What's this? Wuthering Heights? Denise, is it not sufficient that while you shall be at peace, I shall ride in the torments of hell?
- Denise Cousins: ... It's romantic.
- Barney Cousins: If they can put it in a book it's not romantic. Romance has to be secret.”
Jeff Bridges - Barney Cousins
Maggie Linderman - Denise Cousins

“Ladies and gentlemen of this Congress, it pains my soul to tell you that you have brought blood and shame under this great dome.”
Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans

“- Tom Ward: [sniffs a flask and retches] That is disgusting. What does that kill?
- Master Gregory: [drinks from the flask] Cowardice.”
Ben Barnes - Tom Ward
Jeff Bridges - Master Gregory

“Son, I've played sick, drunk, divorced, and on the run. Bad Blake hasn't missed a goddamn show in his whole fucking life.”

Jeff Bridges - Bad Blake

“- Turner Kendall: Never did see that damn trick done right.
- Alex Sternbergen: And you never will.
- Turner Kendall: Whatever makes you happy.
- Alex Sternbergen: You, oh you make me happy.”

Jeff Bridges - Turner Kendall
Jane Seymour Fonda - Alex Sternbergen

“God damn you Walter! You fuckin' asshole! Everything's a fuckin' travesty with you, man! And what was all that shit about Vietnam? What the fuck has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the fuck are you talking about?”

Jeff Bridges - The Dude

“- Starman: Shit!
- Jenny Hayden: Don't mind him. He's just learning English.
- Roadhouse Waitress: Well, he's got a hell of a start on it!”
Jeff Bridges - Starman
Karen Allen - Jenny Hayden
Lu Leonard - Roadhouse Waitress

“- Jenny Hayden: Why didn't you wake me?
- Starman: I like to watch you sleep. I don't know - why. Strange. I think I am becoming a planet Earth person.”
Karen Allen - Jenny Hayden
Jeff Bridges - Starman

“The ground's too hard. If they wanted a decent funeral, they should have got themselves killed in summer.”

Jeff Bridges - Rooster Cogburn

“- Parry: You have a great set of... dishes.
- Anne: Jack, he's trying to start a con-vuh-sation...
- Jack: Then talk to him, he won't bite you.”
Jeff Bridges - Parry
Mercedes Ruehl - Anne
Jeff Bridges - Jack

“Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.”
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“Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I'd be used to it after all these years, but it's like it's happening for the first time.”
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“If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.”
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“This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things... It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.”
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“I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.”
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“I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.”
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“We're such a funky species. We're so violent, so greedy - this is how we roll. But what are we going to do about it? How do we move forward given who we are?”
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“The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.”
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“- Nick Kelson: All you've been doing to me is lying to me since the day you left me there back at the bus station.
- Jack Kelson: Put your mouth in park, leave and get in your room.
- Nick Kelson: I don't have a room!
- Jack Kelson: Well, then get out!”

Edward Furlong - Nick Kelson
Jeff Bridges - Jack Kelson

“- Bad Blake: I don't know what he looks like. I don't know what he does. I never taught him how to ride a bike or watch him play baseball; none of that.
- Jean Craddock: Why not?
- Bad Blake: I wasn't there, even when I was.”

Jeff Bridges - Bad Blake
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Jean Craddock

“- Kevin Flynn: You are going to stick with me, right?
- Lora: What for? You're the one who never needed help, remember?
- Kevin Flynn: Come on, I'm - I'm scared of the dark. All this technology scares me.”

Jeff Bridges - Kevin Flynn
Cindy Morgan - Lora