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I understand professionals have to work when they don't feel like it, and I certainly don't feel like it. So maybe this will put the nail in the coffin for my acting career.

Jeff Bridges

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Jeff Bridges
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: December 4
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Jeffrey Leon Bridges
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