Quotes By Jeff Daniels

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

I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different.

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

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

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.