Jeff Bridges Reveals Whether He Will Ever Tire of Being Called ‘The Dude’ – ryan

Jeff Bridges has thoughts on the character name that has defined his career.

In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the actor/musician opened up about whether he will ever tire of being called his character “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski.

“Not really,” he says. “I’m so fond of that movie and so happy that I’m a part of it.”

Bridges adds that it’s “a great movie.”

He also revealed that the movie people quote to him the most is Starman.

“It’s about an alien who’s trying to be as human as possible,” Bridges begins.

He continues, “He comes to a stoplight, and Karen Allen’s character is next to me, and she says, ‘Stop. Stop.’ And I go through the light and she says, ‘Did you see that light?’ He goes, ‘I watched you very carefully. Red light stop, green light go, yellow light go very fast.’”

But years later, the Bad Times at El Royale star is still focused onThe Big Lebowski — and will be doing interviews at screenings around Los Angeles.

“I (will) give a Q&A that’ll be centered around photographs that I took while making that movie,” says Bridges of the events. “I take pictures with a wide-lux camera that they don’t make anymore.”

He adds: “My wife Susan and I are in the process of recreating that camera. So that’s what the Lebian thing will be about.”

Bridges says that while he’s “biased,” The Big Lebowski remains “one of my favorite movies.”

“And it’ll be centered around the photographs that I took during the making of that,” he says of the screenings.

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Bridges shared an album of previously unreleased recordings called Slow Magic 1977-1978 on Saturday, April 12.

The Old Man alum worked on the project last year with Keefus Ciancia, Jean Sievers and Matt Sullivan and features West Los Angeles artists and musicians of the era, including Burgess Meredith (Rocky, Batman) and members of Oingo Boingo.

The result is an eclectic collection of jam sessions among friends that recall the era.

Slow Magic 1977-1978 is out now.