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You don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't isn't right.
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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