Bruce Springsteen’s Longtime Director, Producer Talk 1-Meal-a-Day Diet

Bruce Springsteen is making headlines for his one meal a day diet — and his longtime director and producer have some thoughts.

While at the Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band premiere on Monday, October 21, Thom Zimny praised Springsteen, 75 for his habits.

“The last 24 years I’ve just watched Bruce perform for three and a half hours, four hours a night, and it’s just been a lifestyle of healthy living I’ve witnessed,” Zimny exclusively told Us Weekly at the Los Angeles event held in the Academy of Motion Pictures Museum’s David Geffen Theater. “I think he’s a great influence.”

Jon Landau, however, said he doesn’t take a page out of Springsteen’s diet book. “Well, I don’t follow it,” Landau exclusively told Us. “That’s all I can say about it. I think he does stick to it though.”

Springsteen revealed in a recent interview that he only eats one full meal a day. “I’ll have a bit of fruit in the morning and then I’ll have dinner,” Springsteen told The Times on Friday, October 18. “That has kept me lean and mean.”

Springsteen has been open through the years about his desire to stay healthy and perform as he ages. During an episode of the “Beyond the Influence” podcast in November 2022, he said, “The biggest thing is diet, diet, diet.”

“I don’t eat too much, and I don’t eat bad food, except for every once in a while when I want to have some fun for myself,” he continued. “So I think anybody that’s trying to get in shape, exercise is always important of course, but diet is 90 percent of the game.”

While his unusual dietary habits are turning heads, Landau revealed to Us that fans may also be surprised to learn about how “deeply immersed” Springsteen “remains in everything he does.”

“There is nothing that is automatic. There’s nothing that’s unthought of, there is nothing that’s not real,” he said. “I think his fans all sense that, that’s what they love about him, but to see it really spelled out in the way it is in the film — you know?”

When it comes to the documentary, Zimny shared that he thinks Road Diary may “have a lot of surprises” since it “dips into archival footage” of Springsteen that has never been seen before.

“It tells storylines that you had to be with the band, like being a fly on the wall moment,” Zimny said. “You see a lot of details that you would kind of hope for as a fan. So I hope this film brings you inside and also explains a little bit of the magic.”

Reporting by Mariel Turner