Actor Jeff Daniels On Risking Failure And Why His Agents Begged Him Not To Star In Dumb & Dumber

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NBC News published this video item, entitled “Actor Jeff Daniels On Risking Failure And Why His Agents Begged Him Not To Star In Dumb & Dumber” – below is their description.

Jeff Daniels discusses how he defied his agents by starring in Dumb & Dumber opposite Jim Carrey. Jeff credits his tendency to risk failure as the driving force in his career. Jeff is now back on Broadway as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird and starring in the Showtime series, American Rust.

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