I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
BEAU BRIDGESBut 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’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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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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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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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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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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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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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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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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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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And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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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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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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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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What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended.
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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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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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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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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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I wish I didn’t have any flaws! I think everybody is flawed.
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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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I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.
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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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