Jeff Bridges reacts to the death of Robin Williams at a press conference for 'The Giver'

(12 Aug 2014) JEFF BRIDGES MOURNS FRIEND AND SAYS HE THOUGHT HE SAW ROBIN WILLIAMS' GHOST AFTER LEARNING OF HIS DEATH Jeff Bridges would not talk to the media about his friend Robin Williams on Monday (11 AUG. 2014) evening at the red carpet premiere of his new film "The Giver." But Tuesday morning at a press conference for the film he tearfully acknowledged the death of his "dear friend" and told the audience how only hours after learning of his Williams' suicide he thought he saw his ghost. "I remember pulling up to the boathouse where we had our party (for 'The Giver') and I'm sitting there with my wife trying to gather myself and I look out the window and I say, 'Is that Robin? Is that his ghost? No, it's radio man," Bridges told reporters. "And it brought back all of these wonderful feelings of what an amazing time we had together here in New York shooting 'The Fisher King' and got out of the car and I embraced radio man and looked into his face and I remember when we were shooting 'Fisher King ,' radio man, you know, he knows where all the movies are shot and somehow he magically does that, but I remember a scene, radio man, and we could not believe that Robin's character was there in the flesh, in reality and there he was. And so, you know, we embraced radio man and it felt like, I felt Robin's spirit as I'm feeling him now in this room with us." Radio man is something of an institution in Manhattan - an elderly gentleman who always seems to have a radio on him and who always seems to know the locations of film shoots. Celebrities have embraced him over the years. Bridges , alternating between laughter and tears, went on to recall an evening he spent with Williams in Central Park during the shooting of the 'The Fisher King.' He "Just before I came down I'm looking out my window to Central Park, my favorite part about New York, and I'm remembering the last scene of me and Robin out there at four o'clock in the morning nude, naked, and Robin is just wild and free and he's just 'Let the wild pony dance,' he's just you know, and he's rubbing his butt on the grass and he says 'You know why dogs do this - because they can!' and we were just so wild and so - I just had to share that with you, 'cause that's what's going on so strongly and how much I miss him and I'm sure you guys do too. What a gift he was to all of us." #Jeff #Bridges #Actor Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...