Jeff Bridges accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his staggering 70-year profession in Hollywood on the twenty eighth annual Critics Selection Awards on Sunday.
Upon his arrival on stage, Bridges jokingly channeled his iconic character, the Dude from The Massive Lebowski earlier than launching right into a heartfelt tribute to his esteemed mother and father, Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Bridges “If I used to be the Dude from The Massive Lebowski, he would say, ‘This is rather like, your opinion, man.’” stated Bridges. “Right this moment is my dad’s birthday. I wouldn’t be up right here with out my dad, he’s the explanation I’m up right here. I can keep in mind loving him a lot. And as a child, I stated ‘I’m unsure if I need to be an actor’. [And my dad] goes, ‘What are you speaking about? Don’t be ridiculous. Be an actor. You’re going to get to inform all these great tales, from all these totally different views of individuals which can be alive. My mom… she was the perfect actor of the bunch. [They were] so supportive.”
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Bridges, in awe of his lengthy profession in motion pictures, additionally mirrored on his work with Peter Bogdanovich in 1971’s The Final Image Present and 1991’s Image This, calling him a person who was very “influential” in his “life and profession”. Bridges added “Telling tales, that’s the privilege. That we get to do [as actors.] We get to see some great traces…we will make one thing lovely.”
Bridges at the moment stars in FX’s drama collection The Old Man, and can also be a previous Critics Selection Awards winner for his efficiency within the 2009 movie Loopy Coronary heart, which additionally garnered him an Oscar win for Finest Actor in a Main Position.
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