Jeff Daniels Quotes

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• Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.

  Jeff Daniels

  Country, Matter, Seems

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• Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?

  Jeff Daniels

  Drama, Unhappy, Add

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• The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

  Jeff Daniels

  Thinking, Roles, Actors

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 25, 2012.

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• I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.

  Jeff Daniels

  Thinking, Listening, Littles

  "CLICK Blog" by Tim Man, www.politico.com. July 19, 2012.

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• 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

  Life, Thinking, Snow

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• We're all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are.

  Jeff Daniels

  Action, Emotion, Humans

  "Jeff Daniels, star of The Newsroom, on walking, talking, and not getting typecast". Interview with Will Harris, tv.avclub.com. June 22, 2012.

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

  Jeff Daniels

  Thinking, Phones, Cells

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• 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.

  Jeff Daniels

  Pages

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• 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.

  Jeff Daniels

  Long, Dumb, Boards

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• There is no best anything in art.

  Jeff Daniels

  Art

  "Jeff Daniels Talks RV". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. April 24, 2006.

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

  Jeff Daniels

  Writing, Play, Giving

  "Jeff Daniels, star of The Newsroom, on walking, talking, and not getting typecast". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2012.

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• Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.

  Jeff Daniels

  Stars, Want, Flaws

  "Jeff Daniels: Standing Next to the A-List". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. July 22, 2009.

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• 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.

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  Stars, Actors, Pressure

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• You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.

  Jeff Daniels

  Opinion, Strange, Internet

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• I would love to [do theater], but there are go-to girls for theater. I am learning that, upon moving to New York and inquiring. There are go-to girls that will get the role any day of the week. It's true. Some people won't even let me audition.

  Jeff Daniels

  Girl, New York, Moving

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• I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you're going to enjoy it a lot more.

  Jeff Daniels

  Long, Enjoy, Shows

  "Aaron Sorkin, Alan Poul, and Jeff Daniels Talk THE NEWSROOM Season 2, Responding to Critics, and More at PaleyFest". Interview by Christina Radish, collider.com. March 4, 2013.

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

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  Comedy, Cliche, Hard

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• On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what rehearsal you get on any movie. That's where you get to make your mistakes, and you make big ones. So when you shoot [the movie] or you finally get the play in shape and do it, the mistakes are out of the way. If you're not afraid to make mistakes, then there is no writer's block or actor's block.

  Jeff Daniels

  Mistake, Block, Play

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• 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

  Stars, Want, Kind

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

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  Years, Television, Lasts

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• There is no best anything in art. Phillip [Hoffman] isn't better than Heath [Ledger]; Joaquin [Phoenix] isn't better than David [Strathairn] or Terence [Howard]. They aren't better than me. We all do different things. It's more of a celebration of a lot of great work than to give the gold to somebody. The underappreciated factor certainly has gone away.

  Jeff Daniels

  Art, Gone Away, Phoenix

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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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

  Art, Games, Video

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 09, 2010.

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• I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things.

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  Couple, Kids, Soldier

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• Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.

  Jeff Daniels

  Kids, Stories, World

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• 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

  Stories, Kind, Projects

  Interview With Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. February 18, 2005.

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