Are you doing a book for it because that would be interesting?

Jeff: Yeah, I wasn’t in “Iron Man” enough to really—I felt it wouldn’t really have shown the whole scope of making the movie.  I took some photographs.  I wasn’t that knocked out by them actually.

Are you in any betting pools about how long the strike will last?

Jeff: I’m not. What do you guys think?

I keep hearing at least as early as March.

Jeff: Then they’ve got the actor’s strike.

Do you expect this might set a president for what kind of deal the actors might get or might prevent the actors from striking?

Jeff: Yeah, I mean they’re all connected. I think that’s one of the points of the studios you know why this writers strike they’re trying to figure out kind of an unknown.  They don’t know what the internet is all about so they’re kind of reticent to set with the writers deal is because they know they’re going to have to double that with the actors and then the directors, so they’re kind of frightened on both sides and the writers don’t want to give up this great thing but nobody knows what this thing is exactly, so it’s—I don’t know how it’s going to go down.

Have you filmed anything since “Iron Man” or do you have anything that you’re getting ready to do?

Jeff: After “Iron Man” I did a movie with Simon Peg.  Yeah, “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People”.  And that was a fun one and got to go to England for that and work with my friend Bob Whitey.  It was his first directorial job.  One of the things that he’s done that I like very much is “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.  He’s one of the producers, the writers and directors of that.

Are you getting ready to film anything right now?

Jeff: A couple of things but they’re in the works here.  They’re not locked in yet, so I can’t really let those cats out.

You play the boss in the movie?

Jeff: Yeah.

Could you talk a little bit about your character in the film and your relationship with Simon in the film?

Jeff: Yeah.  I play—let’s start with Simon.  Simon plays the editor of a magazine that’s very cutting edge and doesn’t pull any punches kind of thing.  Very small magazine and I play the editor-in-chief of a magazine that’s big like “Esquire” or “Vanity Faire”.  It’s based on a book and in that I play—all of a sudden my brain is failing me but “Vanity Faire” you know…

Grayton Carter?

Jeff: Grayton Carter, right.  I’m not impersonating Grayton Carter or anything like that but that’s the kind of person I am in the story and I want to bring Simon on board to add a little more cutting edge.  In my character’s past, I too had a small magazine like Simon that was no wholes barred kind of thing.

So that book was a memoir.  Is this more of a fictionalized account of it?

Jeff: Yeah. 

Insired by?

Jeff: Yeah, right.

Was there a lot of improv or did you…and how was it working with Simon?

Jeff: There wasn’t any improv.  Simon was great.  A lovely guy and wonderful to work with.  There really wasn’t much improv.  There might have been an occasional idea that pops up now and then but I don’t remember doing a lot of improv there.

Jeff, for this film Andy has to review a lot of tape in the name of research. Did that require you to watch take after take of porn?

Jeff: You know, I’ve done all my research before I came to the movie.  It was well researched. (lots of laughter)

Jeff, the holidays are coming up.  Do you have any family Christmas or Thanksgiving traditions you’re looking forward to celebrating again?

Jeff: Well, Thanksgiving we’ll all gather at my house.  A big thanksgiving dinner and who’s got Christmas this year?  I think we usually do it at Beau’s house, so we’re probably going to do that.  My mom’s still feisty and kicking. She’s 92.  I saw her last night.  I don’t know if any of you guys knew that she published a book—her first book at 90.  It’s a wonderful, wonderful book called “You Caught Me Kissing” and its’ basically love poems that she wrote for my dad but it’s more than that. It’s a wonderful book.

What’s your favorite memory of those Bridge’s family Christmas’?

Jeff: Well, the bike. Getting that bike. That was a cool thing.  Did you ever get a bike?

I don’t think for Christmas but I certainly had bikes.

Jeff: Yeah, yeah, but getting that bike for Christmas I remember that was a big one for me.

How old were you and what kind of bike?

Jeff: I don’t how old…I want to say 8 somehow pops in my…but my brother Beau you know, he’s 8 years older than I am so he had the really cool bike and my bike was kind of like a smaller version—like the gooseneck with the butterfly things and you can put the cards on the things.

Do you have any more plans for releasing any more albums in the future?

Jeff: I hope so.  Yeah, I’d like to.  Music is still very close to my heart.  Like I was saying my buddy John Goodwin wrote some tunes in this and I’m writing with him all the time.  The last album I made had a lot of his songs.  So music is still a big part of my life and I hope I do that.

Are you and Beau looking at doing any projects together in the near future?

Jeff: We always look for…for a while Beau was going to be in this.  It was going to be wonderful to work with him again but then it didn’t work out.  He had some other obligations that he had to do and he couldn’t do it but we’re always looking for something to do.  It’s hard to find something that kind of transcends the gimmick of a brother thing.  You know with “The Fabulous Baker Boys” that script was so great and it was just one that fit us like a glove so to come up to find something as good as that.  Somebody was saying they were talking to Michelle Pfeiffer and she was saying there was going to be a sequel.  Oh, that’s good.

All these sequels you have.

Jeff: I didn’t know about it.  It’s great.

What part was Beau going to play in this?

Jeff: They were going to switch it and make it Tim Blake Nelson’s character my brother. 

Did you do any music on this?

Jeff: No, but as I say my buddy did and also my daughter, Jessie’s got a tune in it too.  She’s going to be doing some good music I’m hoping.  I’m rooting for her.

I was just going to say Ted had mentioned that he had been friends with you and your family for quite some time.  Do you remember meeting him for the first time?

Jeff: Gosh, I had the feeling of knowing him for a long time but I can’t remember that first time, but it’s always great to see him today.