"The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him such memories are bitter ones."

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

Source : "Jeff Daniels: Standing Next to the A-List". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. July 22, 2009.

“I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.”

“Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 10, 2011

“Beauty is transient and changes with time.”

“Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.”

“As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame”

“Politics is concerned with herds rather than with individuals, and the passions which are important in politics are, therefore, those in which the various members of a given herd can feel alike.”

“I'm one of those persons who think that watching black people suffer is not an idea of entertainment. I know a lot about African American history, which is just American history, it's always been very fascinating to me. The premise of the play is remembering and honoring those persons whose stories would never be taken into account.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com