Quotes by Jeff Daniels

About Jeff Daniels:

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels is an American actor, musician, and playwright. He founded a nonprofit theater company, the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan. He has performed in a number of stage productions, both on and off Broadway, and has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor for the Broadway play God of Carnage (2009), along with his other three castmates.
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You see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There's an art to that, terrific. I'm not interested in it, but there's an art to that I suppose.

Jeff Daniels

I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.

Jeff Daniels

The older you get, and the more you're in this business, the more you kind of feel like, 'Why don't we just do it my way?'

Jeff Daniels

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Jeff Daniels

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

Jeff Daniels

Every actor just wants good writing.

Jeff Daniels

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.

Jeff Daniels

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades.

Jeff Daniels

I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the...

Jeff Daniels

And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks...

Jeff Daniels

I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.

Jeff Daniels

I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into.

Jeff Daniels

I'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs.

Jeff Daniels

You know, it's really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.

Jeff Daniels

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.

Jeff Daniels

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

Jeff Daniels

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

Jeff Daniels

And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can -...

Jeff Daniels

I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.

Jeff Daniels

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.

Jeff Daniels

Author Bio

  • NameJeff Daniels
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, musician and playwright
  • BornFebruary 19, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Voice Actor; Musician; Playwright; Director