Jeff Daniels Actors Quotations

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that.

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.

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.

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

Every actor just wants good writing.

Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.