Always in character Jeff Bridges: he plays for keeps--as an actor and as a man.(Cover Story)

WHAT IS IT like to finally meet the actor who has been your romantic fantasy for three decades? When I flew to Los Angeles recently to interview Jeff Bridges, I had that opportunity.

And, over a three--hour dinner during which we talked about work, marriage and family--and therapy and religion and philosophy--he did not disappoint.

Like the myriad of complex characters he's played in his thirty-five-year career, Bridges is a man who's not afraid to reveal his emotional depth. The same authenticity that he brings to the screen he also exudes when he sits down to talk.

That ...

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