"Regardless of the fact that in this country,……" — Jeff Daniels
"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. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny."
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45 Quotes by Jeff Daniels
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Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.
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Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem…
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And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.
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As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's…
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I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.
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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…
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I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are…
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And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it…
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There's not a single job in this town. There's nothin', nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.
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I was haunted by trainers going "Up, up, up, get up." You find yourself picking your head up and then…
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I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family
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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…
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