Celebrity True or False: Jeff Daniels Talks ‘Dumb & Dumber,’ ‘Speed’ and More | The Rich Eisen Show

Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels tells Rich Eisen what’s fact and what’s fiction regarding ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ ‘Speed,’ ‘The Newsroom,’ and more in a round of Celebrity True or False.
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[@nickgonzales4674]

Mr. Eisen, never stop doing this Celebrity True or False segments. These are gold.

[@al-bot1094]

I second that.

[@RazorsEdge1810]

Third.

[@craventiger]

And boy, did Jeff Daniels knock it out of the park.

[@quiveringmoist7558]

"Nice set of hooters you got there" "I beg your pardon" "The owls, they're beautiful "

[@ethanniedorowski116]

Amazing 👏.... I like how he says 3 scenes like that was his only gold in that movie 🎬

[@SL-vi4tk]

"She sent me one of those John Deere letters." Still makes me laugh.

[@LonelyOutlaw]

"Nice set a hooters ya got, there."

[@SL-vi4tk]

@@LonelyOutlaw "Putting out the vibe"...

[@LonelyOutlaw]

@@SL-vi4tk "KILLER BOOTS, MAN!!!"

[@nevillebartos3197]

It's a testament to Jeff Daniels acting skills that not once in Dumb & Dumber did Jim Carrey overshadow him.

[@grantoden8242]

Absolutely true. Those two guys played off each other extremely well.

[@dinoradja2980]

He friggin nailed that role

[@Rob-Benny-Hill]

Good point. They both played to their strengths and the movie was a success.

[@user-wm3bf7pi3u]

Being second banana is not a bad thing, "Hey Ralphie... the Honeymooners would have been zilch without Ed." Shelock is just a highly functioning sociopath w/o Watson. Maybe not in D&D but if the hero gets the blonde, the 2nd B gets the brunette, but they both get the girl.

[@Danimal77]

I love Jeff's honesty!

[@cwoodside907]

The only thing that makes him cooler is his wall of guitars! 😍 Great guy!

[@nancyflores77]

Love that guitar collection Jeff Daniels has!! Awesome!!

[@MickeRamone]

Jeff Daniels was just as important as Jim for Dumb & Dumber to work and be the legendary film that it is, change my mind! Looove you Jeff, you are awesome

[@s.d.3236]

It would not have worked without either

[@MrZombiejoe]

No, you're 100% Right!!! Plus, the Character of Harry needed His Self Scenes, the only way for us to Enjoy them in their Own Way. I Agree!!!

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Not sure what kinda royalties he gets, if any, but he was paid $50k for Dumb & Dumber while Jim got $2 million, which may have been the most ever at the time.

[@themarkl0813]

@@callmeshaggy5166 well look at his work before dumb and dumber.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

I disagree! U can tell it's Jeff Daniels playing dumb & struggling as hard as he can 2 try & be funny. But I'm a purist, just my opinion, & if y'all disagree & enjoy, is ALL that matters! D&D is 8 outta 10 stars 4 me, just cause of Carrey, but prob 10 out of 10 w/ either a comedic actor or an unknown. Daniels in this is cringe af 4 me the 50 times I've watched it! But evidently, MY LOSS!✌

[@michaelgriffiths1982]

@JeffDaniels Don't sell yourself short. You were amazing in Speed. The scene where you triggered the bomb and knew you were done for has stuck with me to this day.

[@KenVic02]

Yup. One of the best "oh crap" scenes ever filmed.

[@savageman2394]

Exactly! I always believed it and felt that cold sweat drop ! Bravo Jeff!

[@plutoniumcore]

I became a fan of JD from Speed.

[@JonnyDIY]

Great scene! So sad make me cry every time 😢

[@mirzapa]

Newsroom is a gem. One of the best.

[@MikeB12800]

One of those actors that every performance in every movie is great! Never seen a bad performance from him!

[@Badge124]

Jeff Daniels is one of my favorites.

[@Tootswilligers]

Jeff is a comedian at heart! He even outperformed Jim in that movie.

[@seferino]

"For gods sake just give me the damn number " 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@seanwhitehouse2274]

for me, the bathroom scene in Dumb & Dumber is one of the best in movie history

[@blakepoliziani6370]

Are those you're skis? Yeah! Both of them?

[@poindextertunes]

can we give Jeff his flowers?? 💐 dood is legit one of the goats holding his own opposite Jim Carrey 🔥

[@boomataco]

That toilet scene owned the entire movie

[@marcgorter8651]

The snowball-to-the-face and Harry laughing afterwards is one of the very few scenes that made my parents laugh out loud. They don't LOL in general when watching movies.

[@drstupid4366]

Jim Carrey got 10 million and Jeff Daniels got 500,000 lol. But It worked out because Jeff Daniels got to be a known Star !!! " Trial and Error " is my favorite movie from Daniels.

[@silverbolbo]

I worked a whole year for 30k $$ 😂

[@bubbaguy4411]

Jeff was a well known actor before...just not a Super Celeb like Jim was. However...as he stated, he was known for serious drama roles. So in fact, the role just cemented how good of an actor he actually was and opened the doors for future roles.

[@callmeshaggy5166]

$2m and $50k actually

[@alexamerling79]

From Gettysburg to Dumb and Dumber, Jeff Daniels can do it all.

[@wayne8276]

Good stuff 👏

[@robwagner7545]

Dude's filming in a Guitar Center...I'd love to take a few of those off the wall and jam.

[@onehandslinger1475]

Look at all the guitars. Jeff Daniels is the man. Chasing Sleep was such a surprise for me.

[@thor6580]

Not one mention of Jeff's greatest movie "Escanaba in Da Moonlight".

[@jmillerMAGA]

Pure Michigan

[@ko9655]

brilliant

[@mrjehupitchfork]

Jeff was equally as funny as Jim throughout the whole film. The film would NOT be the same without him. I'm so glad he's in the movie.

[@JonnyDIY]

His character in both Speed and Dumb n Dumber was Harry. PS- have always loved his role in Speed. When he gets blowed up it's so sad 😢

[@donshelden5218]

So you’re sayin there’s a chance?

[@Sane_Man11]

True story - we have a screen capture of Jeff Daniels infamous pooping scene framed and displayed in one of our bathrooms in our house.

[@nsasupporter7557]

It’s funny how they say him and Dave Coulier look alot alike yet they’re totally different as far as acting goes lol

[@IsoscelesKramer]

Don't worry about a thing, Mrs. Noogieburger! 😆

[@hussaf1]

Olberman has gone round the bend

[@kitchenerleslie8388]

Yea!!!

[@scottjackson2812]

He was so good in that movie.

[@JohnnyBuschi]

I've always theorized that the studio originally wanted Chris Farley in Dumb and Dumber before Jeff Daniels.

[@jacobmcmillan6787]

Nicolas Cage

[@dorsal-qb5fr]

Chris Farley definitely would have matched Jim Carrey's energy... maybe TOO well.

[@darmoklizard1729]

I've always thought Jeff Daniels was a fine actor. In my opinion his finest work was as Colonel Chamberlain in Gettysburg, not sure why he wasn't nominated for an Academy Award for that one.

[@cidlopez]

I’m surprised Jeff keeps those acoustics out like that. I assume his room has a humidifier.

[@Paumanokcom]

Little guitars, all over the wall! Epic style.

[@NemeanLion-]

Did Jeff seem like he was starting to get annoyed near the end? Lol

[@kevincoulter9610]

Mitten man done good !!!

[@Ephisus]

Imagine giving a memorable performance in Gettysburg and turning around to do dumb and dumber.

[@csnide6702]

LOVE Jeff Daniels HATED Dumb and Dumber......keep going Chelsea, MI boy !

[@MattKittredge2112]

I don’t think he ever hated it, but he had his reservations about it at first.

[@Subangelis]

@@MattKittredge2112 - C Snide was saying HE hated it, not that Jeff Daniels did.

[@blakemaxfield4267]

Speed is great!

[@dranderson6071]

Love Jeff. Sad to see Jim Carrey going off the deep end. Poverty dies that and so does riches beyond what you can spend. Hope Jim finds happiness

[@AfroJackson69]

Jim Carrey is going off the deep end? What’d I miss? Isn’t he about to be in sonic 2 as Dr egg man?

[@spaceghost8995]

Jim is just trolling evrryone.

[@TheRealDrJoey]

@@AfroJackson69 He utterly lost his mind over Trump. He does grotesque 'art' to express his hatred. He really was funny once.

[@josephkelley8641]

Brian Williams now preparing to sue Jeff re: 5:28.

[@EMo-rx7pm]

He was definitely copying Keith Olbermann in dumb and dumber.

[@dfoerster3106]

Only Jeff could act out what a person would feel like just after completing an apocalyptic #2.

[@jacobdockter3436]

since they are making remakes of everything, how about a newsroom remake?

[@foreignwarren7361]

True or False Jeff plays guitar

[@josephkelley8641]

The Farrelly Bros are from The Future.

[@sproutpits]

Jeff's character wasn't nearly as despicable a person as Olbermann lol

[@joseramos4320]

Speed kept him working og block buster

[@brentalanadamlandgrave7635]

Jeff Daniels has it in his contract that he has to have a violent diarrhea scene in every movie. True facts.

[@bryonhulcher851]

"it was news to me " .. hah.. im easily amused

[@guitarsrcool4922]

I wonder how many underrated comments I'm going to find. Lol

[@krisfrederick5001]

I'd much rather have Jeff representing us in Michigan than Kid Rock. Only serious actors could be smart enough to pull off Dumb and Dumber the way they did. 💙-From Detroit

[@aljohntabion2751]

Could u imagine if he listened to his friends and agent?

[@luisgomez7367]

Jeff played a lot of boring squares before this movie he made the right choice.

[@Abortox]

Was Arachnophobia not a comedy?

[@SBandy]

A fantastic black comedy!

[@NZWarriors1995]

Jeff couldn't be bothered today

[@michael7v6]

Lefty?

[@MattKittredge2112]

I’d say more in the middle. Not sure why it matters though - he pretty much keeps his politics to himself.

[@stevem2323]

​@@MattKittredge2112That's what i like, just don't friking preach woke bullshit.

[@pdgoblue2518]

That loser Olbermann thinking that part was him doesn't surprise me at all, and I'm even less surprised that it had zero to do with him

[@ryanm9628]

Dumb and dumber is a classic. Even though in my personal opinion, Carrey’s comedy didn’t age well.

[@anthonyabbett2473]

Congratulations Dumb & Dumber. You've been replaced as the worst movie ever made by Matrix Resurrections. 🏆👍

[@MattKittredge2112]

Worst movie ever made?? Ghostbusters 2016 would like a word with you…lol

[@bubbaguy4411]

@@MattKittredge2112 ....* caughs in Gigli * do what now?

[@MattKittredge2112]

@@bubbaguy4411 Oh GOD, that movie…🤦🏻‍♂️

[@normabatista1472]

"Son of the Mask" has entered the chat

[@thehound1359]

Dumb and dumber worst movie ever made? You must have a lame sense of humor.

[@TheTriplelman]

for some reason, I cant stand this guy and dont like him in film. He seems counterfeit