I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
BEAU BRIDGESI appeared several times on Atlantis while I was doing Stargate. And they’ve mentioned to me before that they’d like me do some, but right now I have nothing specific to report.
More Beau Bridges Quotes
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Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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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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I wish I didn’t have any flaws! I think everybody is flawed.
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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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When we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our love to kids who need it so much they will never ask for it.
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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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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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I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.
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My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other’s houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job.
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I’ve always seen making movies as a bunch of little births and deaths.
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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 got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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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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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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I appeared several times on Atlantis while I was doing Stargate. And they’ve mentioned to me before that they’d like me do some, but right now I have nothing specific to report.
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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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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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Sometimes that can be unfortunate because the work call is pretty intense and the preparation for it.
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But on the other hand I believe I’m a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.
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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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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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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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My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
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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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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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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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