93 Quotes by Jeff Daniels

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

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

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.

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

I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and how obsessed you can get writing.

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'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs.

And that's one thing that helps me is I learn it blandly, vanilla, then I don't try to act it too soon because you start to act it, and you kind of go away from what the next sentence is, what the next paragraph is. So get it down so it kind of can - it's in there so you can then, as I call it, dance on top of it.

I know I'm not bipolar or schizophrenic, but this career allows you to explore, to take some facets of yourself and spin it.