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.
BEAU BRIDGESMy favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it’s a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
More Beau Bridges Quotes
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My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
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I know Amanda Tapping is a regular now on the show. But I have no plans to do that as we speak. But I don’t know.
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Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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I’ve always seen making movies as a bunch of little births and deaths.
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Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
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Sometimes that can be unfortunate because the work call is pretty intense and the preparation for it.
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On the other side, if Im playing a good guy, then he has some problems too. Thats what makes people interesting, in life and in fiction.
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Some actors, and especially the younger actors, they come into the job with a lot of attention on how they behave and everything when they’re not working.
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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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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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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 like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Sometimes it’s hard to know why networks will stick with something. Sometimes the ratings won’t happen, but there’s excitement at the network, so they’ll stay with the show.
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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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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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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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If your focus is there, then the actual doing of the job will be fun and enjoyable. But if you’re so involved in trying to be interesting and a character and everything when you’re not working, it can get in the way and people get goofed up.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it’s a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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I think that by now, in the very beginning when I first joined the show, General Landry was like a new kid in school.
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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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I have a movie coming out that I did with Misha Barton, called Don’t Fade Away.
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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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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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