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I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.

Jeff Bridges

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Jeff Bridges
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 4
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Jeffrey Leon Bridges
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