Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.

Bridges received his sixth Academy Award nomination for his role in True Grit a collaboration with the Coen brothers in which he starred alongside Matt Damon Josh Brolin Barry Pepper and Hailee Steinfeld. On October 24 2010 Bridges appeared at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert and played a set with Neko Case. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart and earned his sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in 2010's True Grit.

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