
Bridges, always a crowd-pleaser, kicked off the evening by gazing wide-eyed at the rambunctious audience and declaring, "It's like a Rick Perry press conference."

13 years later, The Big Lebowski is the defintion of a cult classic with a phenomenal cast of characters, perverse quotability and zen sensibilities.


Turturro mentioned that he, "gets lots of sex mail" for his sexually-charged character "The Jesus." He broke it to the other cast bluntly: "Sometimes you guys are involved."