At Home with Jeff Daniels

Before Jeff Daniels was a Hollywood star, he was just a guy strumming his guitar and waiting for his big break.

He left Michigan in search of something bigger than working in his family’s lumber yard in Chelsea. That meant taking on the role of “struggling theater actor” in New York City in the late 1970s.

At times, it felt like the only role available. There were gigs on and off Broadway, but it wasn’t like the phone was ringing off the hook with acting jobs. Music became creative salvation “back in the days when you would stare at the phone, hoping the agent would call,” says Daniels.

“You sit down with that guitar, and you keep yourself sane creatively because no one wants you to be creative as an actor,” he recalls.

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