- Cult Actor: He is the Dude, after all.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: "I've been involved with two big flop Westerns (Heavens Gate and Wild Bill). I don't know if Americans still care about Westerns. I hope they do. There are some wonderful ones still to be made." (in 2001)
- In 1996, David Spade was doing his trademark "Hollywood Minute", and at one point showed a picture of Jeff, and said, "Warning: This package contains box-office poison!" Two years later...Okay, technically The Big Lebowski didn't do so well at the box-office, but became such a huge cult hit soon after...
- Memetic Mutation: