93 Quotes by Jeff Daniels

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    scary good. Plug into her, and she'll make you better.

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    There's a lot of pain, there's a lot of truth, there's a lot of tragic behavior (in Berkman), but he's also funny,

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    It is what it is. He's trying to make a big family comedy. The characters, even if they're big and broad, don't know they're big and broad.

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    That isn't the reality, I know, but that's how I approached it: I'm not perfect but here's the best I can do. And hopefully I did the right thing.

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    I love how one man in the press stood up and said, 'Wait a minute, there is something very wrong here,' ... Especially in the last several years, the press has not done that or not been allowed to do that -- take your pick. We don't have McCarthyism today, but history is repeating itself. . . . Money is everything, there is an arrogance of power, people speak up and are demoted. It's a wonderful time for this movie to come out.

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    I moved to Michigan in 1986 after 10 years in New York, ... Whatever star I had was rising (at the time), but Kathleen and I made the decision that family would come first and career second. We stuck to it. That means I was on airplanes; that means I didn't do movies back to back to back; that means I lived in a part of the country that is unglamorous. I wasn't around to go to other people's premieres. I was not in L.A. or Hollywood. I was in Michigan.

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

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