Beau Bridges Quotes

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

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

The one we keep pitching and there are no takers is The Fabulous Baker Boys Go to Hawaii. There don't seem to be any takers on that one!

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.

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

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

Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

I wish I didn't have any flaws! I think everybody is flawed.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I think, I would guess most people keep secrets.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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