King: Today on "Larry King now,"
Oscar Winner Jeff Bridges.
The dude opens up about an
illustrious career...
they can't typecast you.
Bridges: Just before that, I was
the dude, you know.
So, to go from the dude to the
prez, you know, that's
pretty cool.
I dug that.
King: Gives me a lesson in the
art of zen.
Bridges: Bowling is a lot like
"Zen in the Art of Archery."
You know, before you even throw
the ball, the pins are down.
It's how your mind is set.
King: Plus...
Bridges: So you're sitting
there, you know, paying
attention to your breath.
And here comes a thought, "I'm
"Gonna sit with Larry King.
"I wonder what tie he's
"Gonna wear.
"I wonder what color his
"Suspenders are.
No, go back to your breathing."
King: All next on
"Larry King now."
Ah, we're in New York, the place
of my birth--
Well, brooklyn.
But I used to travel up to here
when I could visit central Park.
Trump, of course, blocked
our view.
But we have a nice one, anyway,
of the park.
And we're with one of my
favorite people, the terrific
actor Jeff Bridges,
academy award Winner.
He stars in this summer's
"R.I.P.D."
It opens this Friday night.
He's opposite Ryan Reynolds.
"R.I.P.D."
Stands for "Rest in peace police
department," right?
Bridges: Rest in peace
department.
King: Rest in peace department.
Bridges: Some people are calling
it "Ripped."
[both laugh]
King: What did you
make of this film?
Bridges: I don't know what to
make of it.
It's totally a crazy, crazy
thing.
King: It's a crazy movie?
Bridges: Yeah, yeah.
I like to make those
occasionally, especially at
summertime.
You know, it gives something for
people to chortle at.
King: Is it fun to do?
Bridges: Oh, yeah,
especially when you got guys
like Ryan
Mary Louise Parker,
you know, and Kevin Bacon
to work with.
I mean, that makes it all, you
know, more fun.
King: But the 3-D is incredible.
Bridges: Yeah.
King: And all these action
scenes--When you see it
finished--When you're working
it, you don't see all the
graphics.
Bridges: Yeah, I haven't seen
the 3-D version yet.
King: Oh, the 3-D.
Bridges: I'm looking forward
to it.
Yeah, yeah, that should be
pretty wild.
But, no, when you're making it,
you don't get
to experience that.
King: Was this a comic book?
Bridges: It was--
I guess they call it
a graphic novel. Yeah.
King: [laughs] now, how do you
see your role?
'cause you're--The woman who you
are is rather pretty.
Bridges: [laughs] Yeah, the
woman I am.
Yeah, Marisa Miller.
I'm very happy about my avatar.
King: [laughs]
Bridges: People--We're--Ryan
and I play dead cops.
I'm a marshal from the 1800s.
And Ryan is from modern times.
And we're both dead.
And we're hunting down dead
people who want to be alive, who
are still pretending, you know,
to be alive.
And normal people see us in
different ways.
They don't see us as we
actually look.
So people look at me when I'm
walking around the streets, and
they see Marisa Miller.
King: And Kevin Bacon's a
wonderful villain, isn't he?
Bridges: Oh, god, he's so
wonderful to work with,
great actor.
And also, he's a musician.
So we got to, you know--
King: Did you play around on--
Bridges: Oh, yeah, yeah, we
played in a band.
King: 'cause you do a little bit
of music in it.
Bridges: Yeah, yeah.
King: You sing the closing song.
Bridges: My old Buddy t-Bone and
I wrote that tune for the movie.
King: What was the name of it
again?
Bridges: "Better man."
King: "Better man."
You enjoy singing?
Bridges: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
King: Were you always a--You
know, last time we talked was
when "Crazy Heart" Was out.
Did you always sing?
Bridges: Yeah, since I was a
kid, you know.
King: 'cause I knew your dad,
and he never said you Sung.
Bridges: Oh, no.
Well, he Sung, though.
I mean, you know, my dad, he
replaced Richard Kylie on
Broadway in "Man of La Mancha."
King: Lloyd Bridges did
"La Mancha"?
Bridges: Yes. Yeah, yeah. Right?
He was the first one after
Richard Kylie.
King: He did that song?
Bridges: Yeah.
[Humming]
Yeah. Oh, yeah.
King: To dream the imp--
Bridges: All of that great
score.
But I'm going on tour here in a
couple of days with my band,
the abiders.
And my daughter Jessie is
opening for me.
King: Wow.
Bridges: And so that's gonna be
a lot of fun.
King: Did you ever just want to
be a singer?
Bridges: Well, you know, when
I was growing up, playing music
like that, I thought that might
be something I want to do.
But my dad, he loved showbiz so
much and acting.
And he wanted all his kids to go
in that.
And it was--You know, you see a
little eight-year-Old kid in
"Sea Hunt."
That's me.
You know, he encouraged us all
to get into it.
King: That's where I met your
father, in Florida.
Bridges: Oh, silver springs?
Yeah.
King: I knew your father well.
He was a great guy.
Bridges: Oh, wasn't he
a great cat?
King: He was the best.
Also, a great comic actor.
Bridges: Oh, very good.
King: The "Airplane" movies.
You must've gotten a charge out
of that.
Bridges: I remember we just came
back from Boston.
We made a movie there together
called "Blown away."
And he played my uncle in that.
And when we were casting the
part, I went up to the director
and the producer, and I said,
"I know a guy, a wonderful
"Actor, who looks a bit like me.
"Might be a good guy to play
my uncle."
And I said, "Lloyd Bridges, have
you heard of him?"
and he said, "Oh, your dad is
"great, but he's really more of
"a comedian, more of a comedic
actor."
I said, "What are you talking
about, man?"
He says--It was all the
"Airplane" Movies, you know.
So you got to be careful.
You know, you can develop a
strong persona, you know.
King: But that part, that was
like a different career for him.
Bridges: Oh, yeah.
King: And it remade him.
Bridges: Oh, well, from
"Sea hunt," you know,
from "Sea hunt,"
Everybody Thought he was a skin
diver, you know.
King: The character in
"R.I.P.D.,"
in the new one, is that a lot
based on the character you did
in "True Grit?"
Bridges: Well, they're from the
same period.
King: Rooster.
Bridges: Yeah.
And, you know, you talk about
baggage, you know, with
each role.
And there's a bit of
rooster cogburn baggage
for that.
But I kind of let that be.
You know, that's okay, I figure.
They're both, you know, both
from the same times.
And it's fun to play cowboys.
I like that.
King: When you play someone that
out, do you envelop that role?
In other words, do you think
about him?
What do you think about When the
guy is that outlandish?
Bridges: Yeah, well, you
mentioned my father being a
comedian.
I use my father quite a bit.
King: You do?
Bridges: His humor, yeah.
And a lot of it is kind of a
combination of things.
You know, you got your makeup,
sort of how you look, you know.
I had a long kind of mustache
and a beard, long hair and then,
of course, the clothing and all
of that.
So as you get dressed in the
morning--
King: You start
thinking about it?
Bridges: Well, you don't even
have to think about it.
It just starts to--You know, you
start to just become the guy.
It's kind of a crazy feeling.
King: Anthony Quinn told me once
that it doesn't matter whether
it's a "B" Movie, "a" movie,
a low-Key movie, or a wild
western.
You give it all your best, all
the time.
Bridges: Oh, yeah.
It's more fun that way, for
yourself.
King: You never treat it as
"This is some action movie.
Therefore, I'm gonna be this."
Bridges: No, I don't like to
do that.
No, you give it your shot each
time, you know.
It makes it more fun, more
enjoyable, you know.
King: How do you pick a role?
What's your determining factor?
Bridges: Kind of a mixture of
things, you know.
Probably the number one, is it
the kind of movie that I'd like
to see?
I love movies, going to movies.
And I like those movies where,
you know, the filmmakers
surprise you.
You know, you're thinking it's
gonna go one way, and it goes
another way.
I like that.
And then also, you know, the
people you work with.
King: We were in a movie
together--We weren't in the same
scene--"the contender."
Bridges: Oh, right.
Oh, that was a good one.
Yeah, Joan Allen, huh?
King: I got to interview her.
Bridges: Ah, she's so great.
King: You were a great
president.
Bridges: Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
King: We'll be right back with
Jeff Bridges, who's had the name
Jack in 63 different movies.
[laughs] We'll be right back.
Bridges: And then look
at the ankles on that girl.
[chuckles]
Reynolds: That's what
you're into, ankles?
That's what does it for you?
Bridges: In my day, women, they
dressed very conservatively.
Reynolds: Mm.
That makes you way less creepy.
When exactly was your day?
Bridges: 1800s, Buddy.
I'm what we used to call
a lawman.
Marshal roycephus pulsifer.
Reynolds: Roycephus?
Bridges: It was considered a
very sexy name at the time.
Reynolds: You got it, roycephus.
Bridges: "Roy-Cee-Phus."
Reynolds: Roycephus.
Bridges: Just call me Roy.
King: We're back with
Jeff Bridges, who stars in
"R.I.P.D.," opening Friday.
He also co-Authored a book--It's
him and Bernie Glassman--Called
"the dude and the zen master."
Bridges: Yeah.
King: What is that?
Bridges: [laughs]
King: I'm glancing through it.
It looks--It's just a
conversation, you and him,
right?
Bridges: Yeah, it's
basically a conversation.
Bernie Glassman, who is the zen
master--
King: Jewish zen master.
Bridges: Yeah, he's a wonderful,
wonderful guy.
He came to me once.
And he said--We'd been friends
for several years.
And he said, "you know, in the
"Buddhist circles, your
"Character in
"'the big lebowski,' the dude,
is considered a zen master."
I said, "What are you talking
about?"
he goes, "Oh, yeah."
He says, "you know, the movie is
"filled with, you know, koans,
"you know, these, you know, zen
"Questions that you have to
"experience, you know, to really
answer them properly."
And I said, "I don't know what
you were talking about."
He says, "Sure."
He says, "look, the koan
brothers, man."
King: [laughs]
Bridges: I say, "Oh, come on."
Then he... [laughs]
and so he says, "Hey,
"Let's write a book about that.
"I want to bring some of these,
"you know, zen ideas into
modern day."
and so I said, "Okay, sure."
So we went up to my place in
Montana.
And we put down this book.
King: Now, how do you know
Bernie Glassman?
Bridges: Met him at a dinner
party, um...
I sat between Ram Dass--Do you
know who Ram Dass is?
You know, "be here now."
And Bernie.
And, you know, we--
King: That's where it struck up?
Bridges: And that's--and we just
bec--You know, we kind of hit
it off right there, had a
great time.
King: Definition.
What is zen?
Bridges: What is zen?
Very good. I...
I--what is zen?
I do not know, Larry.
King: [laughs]
Bridges: The--Maybe
that's it, you know, not
knowing, you know.
Just being open, you know.
King: You refer to my dear
Friend Jackie Gleason in the
book, right?
Bridges: Yeah.
Oh, god, yeah.
And art Carney.
Well, art Carney is this--Let me
see if I can make this--kind of
truncate this story
a little bit.
When I'm doing "Lebowski"--and
by the way, the dude, who, you
know, loves bowling.
You never see him bowl in
the movie.
King: That's right.
Bridges: But we--originally, we
were supposed to do some
bowling.
We had a bowling master
come teach us.
And I was wondering how the dude
might prepare to bowl, you know.
Remember, art Carney, when he
would prepare, you know, he
would pick up that water.
And He would--You know, he
would, you know, prepare
himself, you know.
King: Address the ball.
Bridges: Yeah, address the--You
know, like, to sign something,
you know.
And Jackie Gleason, "Sign the
paper," you know.
And so I told the guy this.
And he says--and he had an
assistant with him who started
to laugh hysterically.
And I said, "What's going on?"
and he goes, "no, no, I can't
tell you."
I said, "tell me what's
going on."
and the bowling master finally
said, "Well, you know, bowling
"is a lot like
'zen in the art of archery.'
"You know, before you even throw
"the ball, the pins are down.
"It's how your mind is set, you
"know, with the cocking of
the hand," which is very
much like--Like Norton.
You know what that was.
So I said, "Yeah.
So what happened?
He says, "Well, I would get
up there.
"and I would, you know--you
"know, do my thing--This is in a
"big tournament, you know--Until
"All the guys on the bench would
"Say, 'throw the ball,' you
know."
and I said, "Well, what
"Happened? How did--
You know, what went down?"
he says, "It would literally
"Take me sometimes five or six
"Minutes before I could throw
"the ball.
"and it was really a problem.
"and I went to a shrink, and
"I, you know, worked it out, you
know, finally."
I said, "So what do you do
now?"
and he says, "I just throw the
[bleep] ball."
King: You would've loved Jackie.
Bridges: Oh, god.
King: Jackie was a mentor to me.
Bridges: Oh, what a master.
King: And he was a great man.
You would've loved him.
Bridges: Oh, man, I used to
watch him all of the time.
I bet you have some great
stories about him.
Oh, god.
King: A million stories about
Jackie.
Bridges: And a lot of that was
improvisation.
King: Oh, yeah.
And He would--He never--You'll
appreciate this.
He never rehearsed a scene.
But he had a guy built like him
who did all the rehearsals.
And He would watch that.
He would watch a little tape
of it.
And so he would know all the
movements.
So, when you did a
"honeymooners,"
Carney walked in,
the first time He saw Jackie
was on the set, doing
the show live.
Bridges: Isn't that fresh?
King: And he'd play off that.
Bridges: God, what a cast that
was too.
King: And someone asked him
once, "How do you find
that"--like I asked you about
earlier--"find that scene?"
he said, "It's called acting."
[both laugh]
Bridges: Oh, he was
a master, man.
King: Being zen is, though,
living in the present, right?
Bridges: Yeah, that's a
good--Yeah, there you go.
King: Are you a zen-Ist?
Bridges: I'm not--My
zen is--Yeah, I do my--You know,
I give it my shot, you know.
King: Do you offer philosophical
enlightenment?
Bridges: I sit, you know.
I meditate, you know.
King: You do meditate?
Bridges: Yeah, yeah.
King: Help me with that.
When you're meditating, what are
you thinking?
Bridges: Whatever I'm Thi--
Whatever's there, you know.
I mean, the idea is to, you
know, you're--I mean, you know,
the kind of the technique is to
just follow your breaths,
you know.
You know, just pay attention to
your breathing.
King: Does it work for you?
Bridges: Well, what happens is,
your mind, you know, just like,
you know, your salivary glands
are built to salivate, you know,
your mind's meant to have all
kinds of thoughts and ideas.
So you're sitting there, you
know, paying attention to
your breath.
And here comes a thought, "I'm
"Gonna sit with Larry King.
"I wonder what tie he's gonna
"Wear.
"I wonder what color his
"Suspenders are.
No, go back to your breathing."
You know.
And so you do that.
So it's not about--It's not a
matter of not--You know, stop
thinking.
You know, don't think,
whatever you do.
You know, because that's not--
King: You can't not think.
Bridges: You can't.
It just kind of comes.
And you just go back.
And you try not to be so
attached to your thinking, you
know, because I find that's one
of the challenging things
in life.
Where, you know, your mind
thinks.
And you'll have a thought.
And that thought'll hook you,
you know, and then you'll start
to tell stories about it.
You know, and you work yourself
up, you know.
And it's just your mind
going on.
But if you're not--
If you're not, you know,
realizing that it's your mind,
that it's not really a serious,
concrete thing, it can cause you
some suffering, you know.
King: We're in New York with
Jeff Bridges.
He stars in "R.I.P.D.,"
a wild one.
It opens Friday.
Don't go away.
King: We're back with
the great Jeff Bridges.
He stars in--He is just a great
actor, Singer, great performer,
great guy--"R.I.P.D."
Great family.
Was he a great guy to grow up
with, your dad?
Bridges: Oh, man.
Oh, yeah. Just wonderful.
King: How old was he when he
passed?
Bridges: Oh, like 82, I think,
something like that.
King: Was he sick?
Bridges: You know, he was such a
physical guy that when he--You
know, he started to--His
body started to kind of--He took
it as a betrayal kind of.
He was kind of, you know, angry
at the thing.
And he got, you know,
the heart, you know, heart deal.
King: Did he want you to act?
Bridges: Oh, my god, did he want
me to act.
King: He did?
Bridges: Oh, he loved acting
and loved showbiz, you know.
And I can remember, you know, in
the days of "Sea hunt,"
him sitting me on his bed there,
teaching me all of the basics,
you know, and, uh...
King: And Beau too?
He wanted Beau to act?
Bridges: Oh, and Beau too.
But I think the thing that
I learned most about acting from
him was just the joy in which he
approached the thing.
You know, I kind of get a
similar hit with you, actually.
I really know that you enjoy
doing what you do.
King: I love this.
Yeah, I love it.
Bridges: and it's kind of
a--When you're joyous, it's
contagious, you know.
And whenever my dad--You
probably felt it with my dad.
You knew my dad.
King: Oh, very well.
Bridges: So when he came in, and
you hung out with him, you said,
"Oh, yeah, we're alive.
"This is kind of fun.
"you know, where do we want to
go here?"
King: He lived.
Bridges: Oh, man, yeah.
King: How about your mom?
Bridges: [laughs]
Did you ever meet my mom?
King: No.
Bridges: Oh, she--
[laughs]
King: Is she with us?
Bridges: No, no, no.
She passed away a while ago.
But, god, she was a character.
She also wrote a book.
I think the end up--The title
is, uh, "you caught me kissing"
Or something like that.
But the title that she wanted
that the publishers refused was,
"the life of an actor's wife:
Cuing and screwing."
[both laugh]
and she was something.
King: And you always were a
close family?
Bridges: Oh, yeah, very close.
King: Was it fun to work with
your brother?
Bridges: Oh, god, in
"Baker Boys," Oh, that was a
dream, man--Oh, god.
King: Now, how did you resist
not going ape over
Michelle Pfeiffer when she went
onto the piano?
Bridges: Uh, I'm an ape over my
wife, man.
King: You are?
Bridges: Oh, yeah, yeah.
She's my main leading lady,
you know.
It's amazing to have that kind
of relationship where I can go
out and act with all of these,
you know, beautiful girls.
But, you know, nobody beats my
wife, you know.
And the fact that she is open to
that and knows I'll come back,
because we got such a good
thing.
We've been married, what, 36
years now, something like that.
King: How do you look at your
career?
One thing you could say about it
is diversity, right?
Bridges: Yeah.
King: You have been able to--
they can't typecast you.
Bridges: I tried to do that.
You know, because as we were
talking before, my father kind
of struggled with that.
You know, with "Sea hunt,"
people thought he was a skin
diver, which was a wonderful
compliment.
But he got typecast.
And those were the kind of roles
he kept getting offered.
So I took a kind of a cue from
that and really went about
trying not to develop too strong
a persona.
So you mentioned--
King: "Contender."
Bridges: Yeah, "the contender."
King: I love "The contender."
Bridges: Just before that, I was
the dude, you know.
So to go from the dude to the
prez, you know,
that's pretty cool.
I dug that.
King: I love the great scene in
"the contender" When you
confront that pompous ass.
Bridges: Oh, Gary oldman.
Oh, yeah.
King: Got him, then the guy
who's gonna be vice president.
Bridges: Oh, yeah.
Oh, right, yeah.
King: Then they're gonna
arrest him.
[chuckles] and you order food
first.
[both laugh]
that was a great,
well written script.
Bridges: Yeah, very good.
King: Do you have a favorite
role?
Bridges: Not really.
It's kind of like your kids, you
know, that old corny thing
the actors say.
I really have such a good time
doing each one.
It's usually, you know, the
freshest one in my mind, you
know, the last one.
King: Have you done another one
since "R.I.P.D."?
Bridges: I have.
I did one that will be coming
out next year called
"The seventh son."
King: What's that about?
Bridges: I play a witch Hunter
from the--in the dark ages.
King: You go around, don't you?
You do thor too, right?
What was that other one?
Bridges: No, "Iron Man."
King: "Iron Man."
Bridges: I played the bad guy
in that.
I got to be bald in that.
King: [laughs] you love all
that, right?
Bridges: Yeah, it's fun.
King: "True Grit"
Had to be fun.
Bridges: Oh, well, there, you're
working with the masters, you
know, the Coen brothers.
King: They're insane, right?
Are they insane?
No, they're not--their movies
are insane.
Bridges: Yeah, their movies.
But, you know, working with
them, they're very, um...
Very, uh, cool.
You know, there's not too much,
you know, frenetic joking around
or anything.
King: No?
Bridges: No, it's very kind of
straight.
They're not, you know, somber,
by any means.
King: Anyone you want to work
with, you haven't?
Like Woody Allen.
Bridges: He would be wonderful
to work with.
I mean, you know, all the
wonderful, you know, great
filmmakers and actors, I'm up
for it.
King: How do you explain, in a
hollywood age, the longevity of
the marriage?
Bridges: Hmm.
Well, probably one thing is the
example that my folks, you know,
went through.
You know, they were married
right up to the end.
You know, they were--they met at
ucla and fell in love and, you
know, lived till my father
passed away, were--You know,
were married.
And maybe it's the--You know,
maybe the key--I've said this
before, but it seems to, you
know, pop into my mind.
They key is not getting a
divorce, you know?
You know, just going--
When you hit that wall--
King: When the bad thing occurs,
how do you get through that?
Bridges: Well, that's like--
There's a buddhist kind of
practice that I'm working on
called lojong.
When those tough things happen,
those are really kind of gifts.
They're really opportunities to
expand, you know, and to open
your love and try to, you know,
get more intimate with your
spouse.
King: Go to it.
Bridges: Go to it, yeah.
There--That's right.
King: Back with our remaining
moments with the wonderful
Jeff Bridges after this.
King: We're back with
Jeff Bridges.
"R.I.P.D." Opens Friday.
It opens wide.
It's a wild film.
He hasn't seen it in 3-D.
Wait till he sees it.
Still involved with
Ending childhood hunger?
Bridges: Oh, yeah, very much so.
I'm involved with a wonderful
organization called
share our strength,
and they've got--
King: Yeah, we talked about that
last time.
Bridges: Yeah, they have a
campaign called "No kid hungry."
and the summertime is
particularly important for kids
who are struggling with hunger,
because they get most of their
meals at school.
And when School's out, you know,
so are the meals.
And there's a great texting
program to let families who are
struggling with Hunger know
where these meals--Summer meals
are being served.
And if you text "Food"
to 877-877, "Food"--Text "Food"
to 877-877, you can find out
where a meal site is in
your area.
King: Important.
We have some social media
questions for you.
Donna Mccraw on instagram...
"What was it like to work with
your father and brother
in 'sea hunt'?"
Bridges: Mm.
I didn't work with Beau in
"Sea hunt," but whenever
I worked with my family, it was,
you know, just so great,
because, well, we're all coming
from that same source, my dad,
you know, who was our teacher,
so we had the same kind
of style.
And I loved working with my dad
in two films, "Blown away"
in Boston and "Tucker."
King: Oh, I love "Tucker."
Bridges: And "Tucker"
Was so great, because, you know,
there's a certain aspect to
acting that's kind of like
advanced pretend.
You know, when you were a kid,
you'd pretend.
And Francis Coppola has a lot of
kid in him too and created a
wonderful environment and--
King: "Tucker" Was an
underrated movie.
Bridges: Oh, it was a lot
of fun.
But we played together,
you know--It was wonderful.
King: Holly modarelli Earley
asks, "Was there ever any
competition with your brother
in regards to your careers?"
Bridges: Uh, no, no.
It's kind of like being on the
same team.
We're always rooting for each
other, you know.
And Beau, you know, right next
to my dad, he was my mentor.
He, you know, taught me all
kinds of acting stuff.
And we worked together.
King: What's your--what
motivates you every day?
Bridges: Hmm.
I guess it just, you know,
breathing and...
You know, I don't think in Terms
that way.
King: Showing up.
Bridges: Yeah, just showing--
Yeah, showing up.
There you go, yeah.
King: Earlyrocksound on
instagram...
"What would it take for you star
in a 'Big Lebowski' sequel?"
Bridges: Oh, just the
Coen brothers say, "Hey, you
want do to a sequel?"
King: Why not?
Bridges: Well, they don't want
to do it, I don't think.
But, you know, they're always
surprising us.
So maybe they will one day.
King: Quick game of
"If you only knew."
What's your favorite drink of
choice?
The White russian is
the dude's drink.
Bridges: Ah, yeah, that's a
little too sweet for me.
I just got off the straight
russian.
Now I'm just doing red wine.
King: Yeah, me too.
Favorite character named Jack,
'cause you've been Jack in seven
different movies.
Bridges: Yeah, man.
Well, you'd have to put them
up there.
But the one that popped in my
mind that I had such a great
time on, and I loved the result
of the movie, it was wonderful,
was "Fabulous Baker boys."
But, no, now I'm thinking of the
Terry Gilliam movie we made
here, "Fisher King."
I was Jack in that too.
That was a good one too.
King: Pretty good.
You remember your first kiss?
Bridges: Kind of.
King: Where were you living?
Bridges: I was in westwood, you
know, going to high--No,
probably junior high, yeah.
King: Not high school, Jeff.
Bridges: No, no, no, no.
King: Junior high.
Remember her name?
Bridges: Yeah.
Well, the one that comes to
mind--and there might have been
a girl before.
You know, we played a lot of
spin the bottle and stuff back
in those days.
But that didn't really count.
I think it was maybe
Debbie Olson, that's--
King: Debbie Olson!
Bridges: You know Debbie Olson?
King: No.
[both laugh]
King: Thanks, man.
Bridges: All right.
Good chatting.
King: Jeff Bridges.
"R.I.P.D." Opens Friday.
Thanks for joining us.
See you again.
Remember, @kingsthings on
twitter.
What's your handle?
Bridges: I don't know.
What is my handle?
I don't think I have one of
those.
King: Ah, look it up.
Bridges: [laughs] Yeah.