Home / Features / The Screen  July 22, 2009, 8:45 AM  Jeff
Daniels: Standing Next to the A-List  The actor, starring live
on Broadway in God of Carnage and on film in Away We Go and The
Answer Man, talks about Dumb and Dumber as art, teaching his
sons to fight, and more  By Scott Raab  More from this author
jeff daniels  Mark Von Holden/  ESQUIRE: [To the waitress] You
recommend anything along the popover line?  WAITRESS: You'll
automatically get one. It depends on what kind of eggs you have.
JEFF DANIELS: Oatmeal and that chicken-sausage thing. And
coffee. And whole-wheat toast.  ESQ: I was thinking Eggs Popeye.
WAITRESS: Good choice. Good choice.  ESQ: I'm a picky eater. You
like oatmeal?  JD: My heart likes it.  ESQ: You did the play
last night. What time did you get to bed?  JD: It's a quick show
— 90 minutes and you're bowing. We went out. We had a friend
here.  ESQ: Four Tony nominations — unprecedented.  JD: Four
Best Actors in the same play.  ESQ: Must be tough toting [James]
Gandolfini's ass every