Daniels Quotes

I`m for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels. But to me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle.

(on the performances in Star Wars (1977)): The only really disappointing performance was Anthony Daniels as the robot - fidgety and over-elaborately spoken. Not that any of the cast can stand up to the mechanical things around them.

(His diary entry after viewing Star Wars (1977) for the first time): It`s a pretty staggering film as spectacle and technically brilliant. Exciting, very noisy and warm-hearted. The battle scenes at the end go on for five minutes too long, I feel, and some of the dialogue is excruciating and much of it is lost in noise, but it remains a vivid experience. The only really disappointing performance was Anthony Daniels as the robot, fidgety and over-elaborately spoken. Not that any of the cast can stand up to the mechanical things around them.

(on Bebe Daniels) She`s a wonderful individual and I can understand why she`s tremendously revered in Great Britain. She`s very warm-hearted and she has a habit of giving -- never lost it!

All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That`s kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.

I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor.

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he`s such a great artist.

Those guys can drink like fish. Their rider for the show every night, they get two big bottles of Jack Daniels, a big bottle of vodka, a big bottle of tequila and four cases of beer. And then that`s not including when they go to the bar and people buy them drinks; that`s just what they have backstage for them every night.

To Debbie McGee: But what first, Debbie, attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?

Yeah. (chuckles) And he was uh, man you know, I had never met the guy before. I`ve got like some posters of them up, from when I used to listen to them and stuff. `Cowboys from Hell` , that stuff. But anyway, um.. the rumor was that the guy had drank for like two days and he was still like (when I met him) was like the coolest guy. I mean like sweet as hell, down to earth. Just like as real as could be. You know, I grew up in parts of the South were like, people would take one shot of Jack Daniels and wanna kick your ass.

Basically, I`m for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.