Jeff Bridges says he initially resisted becoming an actor due to anxiety. The star was honored with the 49th Chaplin Award for his seven decades in Hollywood. During his acceptance speech, 'The Big Lebowski' star revealed that he almost chose a different career path.
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00:00 Jeff Bridges says he initially resisted becoming an actor due to anxiety.
00:04 The star was honored with the 49th Chaplin Award on Monday evening for his seven decades in
00:09 Hollywood. During his acceptance speech, the Big Lebowski star revealed that he almost chose a
00:14 different career path. He said of acting, "It made me nervous, anxious, and I had other things I
00:19 wanted to do. I was very into music, I loved ceramics, painting, and who wants to do what
00:24 their parents do anyway?" He recalled his father, actor Lloyd Bridges, explaining to him that he
00:28 could do all of those things in this career path, which was one of the beauties of the job.
00:32 "My mom and dad, they turned me on not only to showbiz but to the notion that I can make
00:36 a difference. But still, even after dad's wise and wonderful advice, his acting pitch,
00:41 it took me about 10 films before I decided to make acting a career."
00:45 The Tron star also said that his brother and fellow actor Beau Bridges was another reason
00:49 he decided to get into acting, and that his wife Sue and daughters are the reason he still does it
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