I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
BEAU BRIDGESWe come in. We don’t know anybody or very few people that we work with, but the nature of the job pulls us into a sort of an intimate kind of relationship and communication and then they’re gone and it’s kind of melancholy.
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The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don’t seem to be any takers on that one!
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As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I’ve been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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I’ve always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans – the original Americans.
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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that’s not the only place my friends come from.
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And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother’s instigation. So I owe him for that.
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We come in. We don’t know anybody or very few people that we work with, but the nature of the job pulls us into a sort of an intimate kind of relationship and communication and then they’re gone and it’s kind of melancholy.
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And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.
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None of the people are what you think when you first meet them, who you think they are, and they turn out to be maybe something a little different.
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I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers… I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
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But when I’m done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it’s like a suit of clothes, put on something else.
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