Jeff Daniels

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

— Jeff Daniels

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I…

— Jeff Daniels

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

— 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…

— Jeff Daniels

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need…

— Jeff Daniels

There is no best anything in art.

— Jeff Daniels

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

— 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…

— Jeff Daniels

I was haunted by trainers going "Up, up, up, get up." You find yourself picking your head up and then realizing, They…

— Jeff Daniels

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.

— Jeff Daniels

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

— Jeff Daniels

There is no best anything in art. Phillip [Hoffman] isn't better than Heath [Ledger]; Joaquin [Phoenix] isn't better than David [Strathairn] or…

— Jeff Daniels

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

— Jeff Daniels

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

— Jeff Daniels

On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what…

— Jeff Daniels

There's not a single job in this town. There's nothin', nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.

— Jeff Daniels

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other…

— Jeff Daniels

The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out,…

— Jeff Daniels

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

— Jeff Daniels

I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As…

— Jeff Daniels

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.

— Jeff Daniels

Every actor just wants good writing.

— Jeff Daniels

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and…

— 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…

— Jeff Daniels

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