Jeff Daniels has accomplished a lot battling boredom. Before he moved to New York in 1976, he bought a guitar to play when he wasn’t getting work. After he moved back to Michigan in the 1980s, he started getting bored between movie jobs, so he formed the Purple Rose Theater Company. I walk out and I see them, I hear them, but that’s not the climax. For me, by that point, it’s over.”Daniels talked about pursuing his other endeavors — creative and athletic — while avoiding ticks.

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Persons: Jeff Daniels, wasn’t, Atticus Finch, Harry Dunne, “, ” Daniels, ”, that’s, That’s Organizations: Rose Theater Company Locations: New York, Michigan