[For an actor who was then living in New York, Daniels said, working on a Woody Allen movie was something to strive for, like] doing a Clint Eastwood movie and getting shot, ... Blood Work. |
every rest area, historical mile marker and tourist trap between a grocery store parking lot in Mount Union and a hog farm in the alleged center of the United States. |
Fifteen years old, it's out in the middle of nowhere, it has absolutely no reason to succeed whatsoever, and it's doing really well, |
Fred is my Chow/Shepherd and you can certainly sit down with Fred and Fred doesn't care about what just happened on the phone. |
He's a well-intentioned guy. He tries to do right by his kids - he considers himself a victim here, |
He's so overmatched. He's just a corporate guy, |
I did ('Dumb & Dumber') when my career was kind of floundering, ... . . . I knew it was a comedy only 15-year-old boys would like. None of us knew it would explode (into a blockbuster hit) the way it did. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. |
I'm the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs. |
I've actually been to Tiger Stadium. The kids would love it. |
I've been playing `less likable' since `Terms of Endearment,' so that's never been an issue for me, |
I've got a lot of friends who make $20 million, and I don't, ... I could feel unappreciated. So I fanned those flames [to play the part]. |