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Basically, one of the hardest things about being an actor is getting your first break. I'm a product of nepotism. The doors were open to me. I'd done several movies before I decided what I wanted to do.
Jeff Bridges
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Jeff Bridges
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: December 4
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