J. Daniels Quotes

I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while.

Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end.

Why do people feel things and go places, tell me if you know.

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

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.

Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.

There is no best anything in art.

You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.

I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you're going to enjoy it a lot more.

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.

Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.

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

I don't watch dailies. I don't pretend not to read reviews, I just don't. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.

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

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.

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 it's a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.

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

Every actor just wants good writing.

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

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

There's not a single job in this town. There's nothin', nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.

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

I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.

Keep your eyes open, take risks, and whenever possible, don't think of things the way everyone else does.

Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.

A closed mouth doesn't get fed.

In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me.

I use singing as a warm-up before big scenes I have to do on set. It's also great to make people less nervous.

In this moment, you have everything you need, and life is just a series of moments.

I was raised with a strong belief in prayer. And that's never really left me. I find it great to close your eyes, breathe, and just talk to the universe. It really comforts me.

God is love and love is everywhere, however you need to see it or experience it, whatever name you have for it.

I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to do something different, like maybe do a space movie or a musical.

Trust is hard to get from actors, and for me to give to actors.

I don't work with fear, and I don't work with actors that are fearful.

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director.

My philosophy has always been, you don't put your name in front of a movie.

I think that when you have audacity, you will get polarization.

I like all my work equally. I look at the projects as children. I look at the experience more than the end result.

Being the first person to go to college that really related to me from the movie [The Butler] because being black and going to college everyone puts so much hope into you.

We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer.

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in their [liberals'] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable one.

My record is, far as I know, unimpeachable.

If we don't believe in Americans, who will? I do believe. I've seen it in the people of our very typical corner of the nation.

Starting a new retirement plan for those below a certain age is something tens of millions of Americans have already been through at work.