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.
Jeff DanielsNothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.
Jeff DanielsTelevision in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
Jeff DanielsYou see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There's an art to that, terrific. I'm not interested in it, but there's an art to that I suppose.
Jeff DanielsOn indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what rehearsal you get on any movie. That's where you get to make your mistakes, and you make big ones. So when you shoot [the movie] or you finally get the play in shape and do it, the mistakes are out of the way. If you're not afraid to make mistakes, then there is no writer's block or actor's block.
Jeff Daniels