Beau Bridges quote: "I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans

Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
BEAU BRIDGES

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
BEAU BRIDGES

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
BEAU BRIDGES

Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my...
BEAU BRIDGES

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
BEAU BRIDGES

My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's h...
BEAU BRIDGES

But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as ...
BEAU BRIDGES

Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I real...
BEAU BRIDGES

First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
BEAU BRIDGES

I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
BEAU BRIDGES

The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
BEAU BRIDGES

Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Ou...
BEAU BRIDGES

My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.
BEAU BRIDGES

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
BEAU BRIDGES

Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due ...
BEAU BRIDGES

Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
BEAU BRIDGES

And I like music, too, I like playing music.
BEAU BRIDGES

My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing ...
BEAU BRIDGES

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go To Hawaii. There don&...
BEAU BRIDGES

I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.
BEAU BRIDGES

I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise or...
BEAU BRIDGES

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old s...
BEAU BRIDGES

My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
BEAU BRIDGES

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive th...
BEAU BRIDGES

Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due ...
BEAU BRIDGES

So I'm playing a villain for instance, who is supposed to be the bad guy of the story, then I like t...
BEAU BRIDGES

I like sports, I enjoy anything to do with the ocean, I like surfing, sailing, I like to play tennis...
BEAU BRIDGES

The main theme in this film is to embrace diversity along with change, because in America we experie...
BEAU BRIDGES

Jeff is a real perfectionist. He likes to do a lot of takes to make sure that we've exhausted everyt...
BEAU BRIDGES

As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a to...
BEAU BRIDGES

But when I'm done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it's like a suit of clothes, put on so...
BEAU BRIDGES

I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates t...
BEAU BRIDGES

I felt, when I came home from work at the end of a day, I had to allow myself time to just come down...
BEAU BRIDGES

I liked the Fabulous Baker Boys, Frank Baker I really liked, he was a solid character... I did it wi...
BEAU BRIDGES

And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that t...
BEAU BRIDGES

Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain t...
BEAU WILLIMON

Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in ...
BEAU WILLIMON

Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire ...
BEAU WILLIMON

I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I missed a lot of school for auditions, but other than that I had a very normal childhood.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I'm pretty easy going, I think.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

If youre in an awkward position, feel comfortable enough to walk away.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I've been in a few love triangles. I've been in a love quadrilateral.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I love a woman who can out-eat me.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I'm not classically trained or anything, but I'll rip up a dance floor.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

Netflix, I love you.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.
BEAU MIRCHOFF

I lived in Paris for six months when I was sixteen. It was a fend-for-yourself environment.
BEAU GARRETT

Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.
BEAU GARRETT

I was a model for eight years. That's the deal: People look. But I didn't like being looked ...
BEAU GARRETT

I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights.
BEAU GARRETT

If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in poli...
BEAU WILLIMON

People in D.C. are so psyched when anyone dramatizes them in an exciting way. They're a lot more...
BEAU WILLIMON

In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they ...
BEAU WILLIMON

When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you h...
BEAU WILLIMON

You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, an...
BEAU WILLIMON

Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if y...
BEAU WILLIMON

It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires,...
BEAU WILLIMON

My jobs on campaigns were pretty low on the totem pole - I was an advance man.
BEAU WILLIMON

The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they...
BEAU WILLIMON

Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stor...
BEAU WILLIMON

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love liv...
BEAU WILLIMON

The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've...
BEAU WILLIMON

In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money t...
BEAU WILLIMON

At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than t...
BEAU WILLIMON

I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it make...
BEAU WILLIMON

Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want ...
BEAU WILLIMON

When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, y...
BEAU WILLIMON

The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are hum...
BEAU WILLIMON

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they...
BEAU WILLIMON

A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often ...
BEAU WILLIMON

This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. ...
BEAU WILLIMON

If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.
BEAU BRUMMEL

We needed to play good and win or we'd go home. We're going to have to turn around and do it again t...
BEAU THOMPSON

Kevin did a good job. We also did well inside. We got good games from Cory Jordan and Jared King not...
BEAU THOMPSON

(Davis) played well for us while he was in there. He got two cheapies. He's been really good for us ...
BEAU THOMPSON

I guess all you can say is they outplayed us in every aspect of the game. We did a terrible job pass...
BEAU THOMPSON

I thought he dominated the game with his speed, defensively. Overall, except for a little lull at th...
BEAU THOMPSON

We played good the last 4 minutes of the game. That's really what it took for us to win this one.
BEAU THOMPSON

We gave up too many points in this tournament and we've got to get better defensively. This was a qu...
BEAU THOMPSON

Cory was very efficient with what he did down at the post. He's capable of that night in and night o...
BEAU THOMPSON

We get a technical foul that's very deserving. That was the end of the game. After the technical we ...
BEAU THOMPSON

We played pretty well the second half. We got a good game from Lee Turner. He rebounded the basketba...
BEAU THOMPSON

She seems best at a mile. I think I can get her confidence up more if I go in there. It's an allowan...
BEAU GREELY

I was planning on running in the Big Cap, but he got that virus. Missing a work, it would have been ...
BEAU GREELY

We've got a lot of races to look at, but right now, we're still looking at the Big 'Cap. He doesn't ...
BEAU GREELY

This is two millions in a row. He'll stay here for the Breeders' Cup.
BEAU GREELY

I did think he would make a big run today. He's been a really honest horse. We've always hoped he wo...
BEAU GREELY

Garrett, of course, has had his struggles, but he is a super jockey. I've always had faith in him an...
BEAU GREELY

He's always been a really nice horse, and he's made me happy.
BEAU GREELY

I don't even know it happened yet. I've won some grade Is and I've had a few seconds, but this is so...
BEAU GREELY

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.
BEAU BRUMMEL

We were confused in the midfield. We talked before the game after dropping back to a 4-5-1, but we d...
BEAU BROWN

Basically I was hoping there was going to be some slamming and banging and some guys getting knocked...
BEAU BROWN

My assistant coach kept telling to me take it to the goal and get fouled. I just had to slow down an...
BEAU BROWN

They didn't need to get involved either; nobody needed to get involved. It's short track.
BEAU BROWN

It's very frustrating to lose this game. We wanted to be the top team. We had a great run. I loved g...
BEAU BROWN

Some people are magic, and others are just the illusion of it.
BEAU TAPLIN

No, I do not want to be loved unconditionally. I want to be shown when I am treating you less than y...
BEAU TAPLIN

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyra...
BEAU WILLIMON

I remember actually liking a girl in high school who was kind of an outcast and weird, and people ma...
BEAU MIRCHOFF

The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the di...
BEAU SHEIL

The press don't wake up in the morning simply to be a mouthpiece for pols - they're out to u...
BEAU WILLIMON

I was always a writer - working on campaigns was never a profession for me. It was something I did o...
BEAU WILLIMON

There were many years when I was hand-to-mouth and didn't know how I was gonna make rent. I'...
BEAU WILLIMON

I want to fall to sleep with you,
and I could care less
whether it is in
layers up...
BEAU TAPLIN

The one thing I know for sure is that feelings are rarely mutual, so when they are, drop everything,...
BEAU TAPLIN

Those who admire the massive, rigid bone structures of dinosaurs should remember that jellyfish stil...
BEAU SHEIL

Kevin did a good job. We also did well inside. We got good games from Cory Jordan and Jared King ...
BEAU THOMPSON

I think we were just riding the emotion from our last game. Everyone knew that this would probably b...
BEAU STEVENS

The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movement
than is the cult of t...
BEAU SHEIL

At first I was a little afraid, but now I'm comfortable with it.
BEAU LEROUX

I went to several places yesterday and they told us to come over here. If I have to wait until 1 o'c...
BEAU JONES

We didn't meet each other as musicians, we met each other as lifelong friends. That's why we're stil...
BEAU JONES

One of the big differences between our team this year and last year is that we are hitting a lot bet...
BEAU JARRELL

[Although the limited engagement ends Sept. 28, there are hopes for The Big Time beyond the NYMF run...
BEAU GRAVITTE

Doug knows how to write for singers. And, because it's a little bit of a show-biz musical, there's e...
BEAU GRAVITTE

I loved doing [the Encores shows],
BEAU GRAVITTE

These are companies that operate in the shadows. Some of these companies are trying to come forward ...
BEAU BRENDLER

We've been surrounded by chaos for the last month and LSU football is a good distraction to keep our...
BEAU BRADSHAW

She has a great topspin serve and we had trouble with it all match. It's kind of tough when you're w...
BEAU BRACCHY

We're going to have our hands full.
BEAU BRACCHY

I told them to settle in and play defense. We needed to be more aggressive like we had been earlier ...
BEAU BRACCHY

If somebody gets hurt or sexually harassed, I really don't want to do it anymore. I don't want peopl...
BEAU BERGERON

I'm creating my own college experience. When you watch a lot of these college movies, it is crazy al...
BEAU BERGERON

Everyone was cheering after we won the OIA, but later on I told our team that's only half the battle...
BEAU ALBRECHTSON

This is a big boost for us. We feel we can take any team and we're going to need this victory to hel...
BEAU ALBRECHTSON

One day, whether you are 14, 28 or 65,
you will stumble upon someone who will start a fire in y...
BEAU TAPLIN

It was heartbreaking. That call could have gone either way. They had the momentum after that, but we...
BEAU ALBRECHTSON

There were some nerves knowing that major leaguers go out there. The venue is just so cool. You just...
BEAU STEVENS

Often, when we have a crush, when we lust for a person, we see only a small percentage of who they r...
BEAU TAPLIN

Hearts aren't handcuffs and people aren't prisons. When you feel it's time for you to leave, you lea...
BEAU TAPLIN

Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life.
BEAU TAPLIN

In the night, I am kept awake by the endless chatter of my inner self. I hear it speak softly of old...
BEAU TAPLIN

Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a for...
BEAU TAPLIN

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
BEAU WILLIMON

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.
BEAU WILLIMON

I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease...
BEAU WILLIMON

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as ...
BEAU WILLIMON

The economics of being a playwright are abysmal. I like to think of the work I do out in Hollywood a...
BEAU WILLIMON

Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more cha...
BEAU WILLIMON

You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the sil...
BEAU WILLIMON

In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to t...
BEAU WILLIMON

Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't ...
BEAU WILLIMON

I cannot stand the words Get over it. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the p...
BEAU TAPLIN

My heart is not captured easily. I am disinterested in small talk, disillusioned with love, and too ...
BEAU TAPLIN

Self love is an ocean
and your heart is a vessel. Make it full,
and any excess will spill ...
BEAU TAPLIN

I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
HARRY BRIDGES

Everything is produced by the workers, and the minute they try to get something by their unions they...
HARRY BRIDGES

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.
HARRY BRIDGES

Neither, I must say with all due respect, is it the power of teachers and students. Basically the tr...
HARRY BRIDGES

I'm a working stiff. I just happened to be around at the right time, and nobody else wanted the ...
HARRY BRIDGES

There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people ...
HARRY BRIDGES

Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cy...
JEFF BRIDGES

There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even ...
JEFF BRIDGES

My hair does get really frizzy, so I use a de-frizzing serum from Bumble and Bumble, and also Morocc...
CHLOE BRIDGES

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are...
JERRY BRIDGES

When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.
ROBERT BRIDGES

When Death to either shall come -- I pray it be first to me.
ROBERT BRIDGES

Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.
MADELINE BRIDGES

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were maki...
WILLIAM BRIDGES

Too often, we say we are defeated by this or that sin. No, we are not defeated. We are simply disobe...
JERRY BRIDGES

I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
JEFF BRIDGES

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
ROBERT BRIDGES

I've always had a very clear vision of what I wanted to do.
LEON BRIDGES

Thinking how every day is like tossing an egg. At any moment we may
find our selves saying OH C...
CHUCK BRIDGES

The Widelux is a fickle mistress; its viewfinder isn't accurate, and there's no manual focus...
JEFF BRIDGES

Sometimes with the initial shock, you have to have some down time as far as crying, grieving and som...
ANGELA BRIDGES

If a student comes in my office and doesn't want to talk me, they just might want to sit still, be a...
ANGELA BRIDGES

Grieving is a process. There's a process of the shock, the anger, and then coping with the situation...
ANGELA BRIDGES

First of all, students have to actually grieve to get over it. They cannot just ignore the situation...
ANGELA BRIDGES

Students wear everything on their shoulders - I mean you usually know it, friends can know, even peo...
ANGELA BRIDGES

Imperfection and perfection go so hand in hand, and our dark and our light are so intertwined, that ...
JEFF BRIDGES

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent ...
JERRY BRIDGES

The barn doors are open, and the horses are running out because we've got guns all over the plac...
JEFF BRIDGES

About 25 years ago, my wife and I bought Kenny Loggins' house in Santa Barbara. It was way out o...
JEFF BRIDGES

There's a lot to be said about what's happening to our ocean, big companies polluting it wit...
LLOYD BRIDGES

As far as Beau is concerned, we're on the same team, we root for each other. If my parts are sli...
JEFF BRIDGES

I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of...
JEFF BRIDGES

As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holines...
JERRY BRIDGES

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.
JEFF BRIDGES

Making movies is about creating illusions, and they can be subtle illusions, but it's all a cumu...
JEFF BRIDGES

I felt like I played one of my better games in the series. Even though three goals went in, I felt t...
BRYAN BRIDGES

They got one and we need to go five now. We know that we're a better team than those guys and we jus...
BRYAN BRIDGES

Last weekend I wasn't great, but tonight I felt like I was right back on top of my game. I know they...
BRYAN BRIDGES

They had some guys that were banged up and so did we. With all that happening I think we played a so...
BRYAN BRIDGES

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed ...
JEFF BRIDGES

I wanted to play my last game here and I was hoping for a repeat of last year when I shut out Everet...
BRYAN BRIDGES

It was 40 shots, but a lot of those shots were from the perimeter, and there weren't too many screen...
BRYAN BRIDGES

The guys did a great job defensively. This just goes to show you can win a game scoring one goal if ...
BRYAN BRIDGES

I'd rather get the two points. They made it closer than I liked, but our guys were up to the task.
BRYAN BRIDGES

I've tried meditation and it feels like I'm wasting my time. This is meditative and relaxing but I p...
BRYAN BRIDGES

We're playing smart hockey. You don't want to be sitting back and letting the other team pressure yo...
BRYAN BRIDGES

I remember hanging out at Starbucks. There were these older guys who would sit around and play Crosb...
LEON BRIDGES

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't t...
JEFF BRIDGES

We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching.
LLOYD BRIDGES

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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