I want to have all of my faculties.
— Jeff Bridges
Well, I'm not a big sports fan.
Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.
I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.
Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.' And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I'm raring to go again.
I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
You don't want to vilify your ego.
I don't really care about having more fame than I have.
One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age.
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.
Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.
I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
I'm constantly falling deeper in love with my wife.
Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.
I wish I were more disciplined.
I've gone out of my way to not take baggage with me from film to film.
Pretend was a big part of my childhood.
A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.
I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.
We're here for such a short period of time.
I do my best to hold the director's opinion above my own.
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 just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.
I like to know where the camera is.
I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that.
Yeah, I've been interested in music since I was a teenager, always writing songs.
Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.
The wonderful thing about acting is that you can use all of your talents and interests in your work.
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.
Movies are very subjective.
I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.
Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.
Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.
My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.
I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.
Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.
Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.
I'm a big fan of country.
It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.
I'm pretty critical of myself as far as reaching some sort of perfect bull's-eye or target that I'm aiming for.
I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
I love marriage.
Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward.
My main teachers were my father and my mother and my brother.
I'm not locked into playing one guy.
There's a bit of the kid in me.
