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
thinking actors roles
The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.
done roles dramatic
I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.
king point
There comes a point when the king comes down off the mountain,
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every rest area, historical mile marker and tourist trap between a grocery store parking lot in Mount Union and a hog farm in the alleged center of the United States.
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Fifteen years old, it's out in the middle of nowhere, it has absolutely no reason to succeed whatsoever, and it's doing really well,
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Marin is a wonderful place. It feels like such an artists' community. I really feel how people who live here value all types of art.
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I did ('Dumb & Dumber') when my career was kind of floundering, ... . . . I knew it was a comedy only 15-year-old boys would like. None of us knew it would explode (into a blockbuster hit) the way it did.
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Fred is my Chow/Shepherd and you can certainly sit down with Fred and Fred doesn't care about what just happened on the phone.
considers himself kids tries victim
He's a well-intentioned guy. He tries to do right by his kids - he considers himself a victim here,
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You know, I live in Michigan, ... I've worked with a lot of guys who make a lot more money than I do and have won awards and all that. I don't brood about it, but it's there, and everybody wishes they were recognized more, appreciated more. So I just kind of took that, poured gasoline on it and lit it. Then I had (Bernard). Then he was there.
corporate
He's so overmatched. He's just a corporate guy,
kids world stories
Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.
teeth film theater
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.
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I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.