Jeff Daniels Quotes

Unlike other enduring characters such as 'Sherlock Holmes' or 'Tarzan,' being the 'Doctor' allows you a certain freedom that is both very demanding and very thrilling. It allows you to make the character using elements of yourself.

Acting is therapeutic.

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

Acting is always therapeutic.

Acting has always been a way for me to express myself, and show all my vulnerabilities and flaws through my characters.

I want to explore more sides of humanity and myself. That's what acting is about.

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

I don't mind finding these ugly sides to my personality and exaggerating them because that's something you can write towards.

I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey.

It's fun to explore behavior that you can't explore in your own life, so you fool around with it in acting.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

A really fun part of getting to be an actor is exploring those parts of yourself that you wouldn't otherwise explore.

I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy.

The reason you want to act is to continue to explore every different part of the human psyche.

To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful.

When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life.

When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun with.

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.