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Beau Bridges

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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Different People Thinking
First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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Bridges Name Real
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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Excitement Sometime Sticks
And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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Like Playing Music
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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Character Couple School
I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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Character Play Trying
I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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Kids Men Photography
And when I’ve been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
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Family Friends Hearing Song
Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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Guitar High School
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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Character Roles Stories
I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers… I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
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Flowers Garden Vegetable
Sometimes that can be unfortunate because the work call is pretty intense and the preparation for it.
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Preparation Sometimes Unfortunate Work
The SG-1 franchise has been so successful for the network, that they always want to keep it open, an option to do it again in some way, whether that’s a movie or a series, or whatever.
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Franchise Keep Movie Option Series Successful
The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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Enjoy Thinking Watches
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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Brother Eye Love Thinking
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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Fiction Guy Interesting People
Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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Country Film Lack Normally Western
My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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Brother Stories Years
I’ve done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl’s father. It’s a half-hour comedy. And I’ll be doing some more of those.
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Comedy Father Name Play
Yeah, I’m very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I’ve worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they’re into, so I’m hoping that I will.
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Firsts Impressed Kind Lifetime Program
What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended.
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Always End Leave Open Show
I was coming into a situation I didn’t really know much about, and now, after a couple of years, the character’s kind of mellowed and gotten comfortable working at the command center and very comfortable with his troops.
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Comfortable Command Couple Mellow Situation Working
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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Communication Intimate People Relationship Sort
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
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Boyfriend Dad Teacher
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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Country Interested Native Particular West
Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom.
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Country Epic Film Native
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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Clothes Done Jobs

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