Jeff Daniels quotes - page 2

I'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs. (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 he or she's got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it's a film, there are even more people. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description. View quote
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I think it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts. View quote
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And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys. View quote
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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. View quote
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