I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
BEAU BRIDGESSpielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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And I like music, too, I like playing music.
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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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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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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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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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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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Sometimes that can be unfortunate because the work call is pretty intense and the preparation for it.
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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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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What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended.
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I’ve always seen making movies as a bunch of little births and deaths.
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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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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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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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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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Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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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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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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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 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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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.
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