Jeff and susan bridges young

• Jeff Bridges and Susan Geston met on the set of Rancho Deluxe in 1975.
• The two had a very brief engagement before tying the knot in 1977.
• The couple has three daughters together.

Although Jeff Bridges, 69, and his wife, Susan Geston, 66, have been happily married for 41 years, there was once a time when the actor was terrified of commitment. "I don’t know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage," he wrote in Reader's Digest back in 2006.

"I thought it was a giant step toward death. So I did everything in my power to resist it—the idea was frightening to me, man."

Those were his feelings, at least, until he came across his future spouse Susan, and he remembers that memorable moment like it was yesterday.

He even carries a special photo of her from that day, which was captured the very first time they met.