Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Danielsis an American actor, musician, and playwright, whose career includes roles in films, stage productions and on television, for which he has won an Emmy Award and received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award nominations...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 February 1955
CityAthens, GA
drama unhappy add
Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?
country matter seems
Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.
pages
You can't rewrite nothing, but you can rewrite 90 pages of sh*t. Now you've got your sh*t on the page, you can go work.
writing play giving
Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day.
two different actors
Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that.
stories kind projects
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.
stars want flaws
Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.
singing actors music-industry
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
needs attention noble
One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.
writing actors want
Every actor just wants good writing.
strange opinion internet
You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.
years television lasts
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
long dumb boards
Working with Jim Carrey is an absolute gas. I have never laughed so hard for so long. Had he been on-board for the sequel of Dumb & Dumber, I would've jumped on, with no hesitation.
stars want kind
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.