I wish they could have left him uncensored. It’s great to see someone truly upset about something even though it has passed from the news cycle. A man of conviction, right there.
They would have bleeped him if it was taped. But last night was live because of the debates and cutting away was their chosen option. Silence and staying on Daniels would have better - we could have read his lips.
I honestly don’t know if Jeff Daniels went into The Newsroom already being Will MacAvoy, but he definitely left with it. It’s great to see people talk with passion and conviction, and this is it.
+Andrew Nibbi ~ My exact thoughts as well, he's been an eye-opening discovery, since finding The Newsroom on Amazon streaming. He interviews really well, too, so it's not that he need's Sorkin's words in his mouth, though it sure can't hurt.
Sorkin found an embodiment for his voice in Daniels. Just as he did in the entire cast of the West Wing headed by Martin Sheen. They aren't just reciting lines, but incarnating them. The previous generation had Gregory Peck as their "conscience". (Taking on racism in "TKAM", anti-Semitism in "Genteman's Agreement", ethics in "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit", etc.) If you haven't seen it, check out Daniels in the miniseries "The Looming Tower". Not Sorkin, but equally powerful.
Max Max Even more so than Sheen I think. Martin is amazing, but you watch interviews with him, and he’s truly an actor’s actor. Amazing but he is able to hold a distance between himself and his roles and then able to just instantly sink into these legendary parts. Even though Sorkin loves to write for and to actors, Sheen is perfectly comfortable in the fact he shares some values with, but is NOT the kinda guy Bartlet is. Jeff on the other hand, is BUILT for Sorkin. Truly. And he’s so invested in politics and getting fired up about them, he really seems embody Aaron more writing TO someone than them acting to a character he wrote.
I felt a similar (yet, obviously, not the same) experience with the quite disturbing because real The Loudest Voice with Crowe. Something raw, perhaps, an evil Will McAvoy to some extent. But the fact that it is based and most likely watered down version of true human scums makes it even more memorable, in my opinion.
It's not just that he was in there. It's that this was an example of one of his scenes: th-cam.com/video/b7l6jg4Hlog/w-d-xo.html That....or To Kill a Mockingbird. Range =)
wow how can an actor change his moods lets see think of happy , think sad think hot think cold think portray OOOO dat is soooo hard you gotta be kidding me everybody in the world that has been a kid knows how to act
#JeffDaniels is one of the most underrated actors of the last 20 yrs. And its clearly obvious he has more knowledge about Congress than the ones who have been voted in.
bedfordnhdonkey preach brother!!! Trump 2020!!! Currently watching to kill a mockingbird on broadway. Atticus definitely leans right yet Jeff Daniels is a looney lefty.
I really love when Stephen lets the guest have the last word in situations like this. Jeff knows what he wants to say and Colbert sits back and lets him say it because it's what's needed. Shakes his hand and thanks him for his time. The respect is super palpable.
He's amazingly well-spoken too, and he just got done doing Sorkin, so he still has that flow going through him that's effortless to listen to. ...Plus this was a live show, and when the red light shows, you gotta cut it. So maybe Colbert just thought he'd let him go until the light.
1) "...I don't know enough to run for office...", he says. 2) Proceeds to show us that he knows a lot more than some others who have jobs in Government! All you need to be a good politician is to be a decent human being! Which is something that some people who work in the White House are just not capable of. (Yes, we are looking at you, Stephen Miller.)
No, you did not understand him. He really does not know enough - he said he knows what he wants and does not want, he knows why, he can argument that, he is decent - but that is not nearly as enough. If one is to run for a political position the MAIN think that he/she needs to know is how the system works so that they could get SOME things that they want, done. It is NOT a world where nice ideas win you what you want - it is a double crossing hell of political end economic interests, shifting loyalties and shameless lying. If you want to get even the simplest thing done, you need to know by heart how the system works. And that is the fear I have (even though I am not an American) - Lizz and Bernie have very good ideas, and given the fact that they are in various offices for quite some time, I guess they know the system well enough to MAYBE get 10% of their ideas come into life. Because, that is the best they can hope for - political system is inert and it would take generations to come to the point where ideas like theirs could be done to the full. I am not afraid because they will, maybe, manage to get 10% done - that is a HUGE thing for US right now. I am afraid that ideologically blinded and optimistic will see that 10% as a defeat instead of victory. Why? Because that is the exact same thing that happened to Obama. He came with nice talks of change, but once faced with political system, he could barely get anything done. He started pushing in the right direction but people saw it as not enough, a defeat, they wanted it all right there and now, within those 8 years. The moment they saw it ain't comin', they voted for a different type of person. Politics, especially in USA, is an incremental thing, moves very slowly. And the ideological blindness is what will keep US down - people wanting things done right now and if not, it is a defeat, then switching up in the next terms, always going one step forward one step back - while the rest of the world, especially dictatorial countries that are the main enemy (China and Russia) are driving an obstacle free highway behind a single idea. That whole current US mentality that comes with the newer generations, "I want it NOW!" is what will keep the country down. You can't get it now, radical changes take generations to build but years to destroy.
It's not hard to know more than half the politicians in government. It's also not hard to have WAY more common sense than the ones who are smart. I am not slow by any means, but I know a guy who could make me look like an infant with crayons by comparison on tests. If you knew him in real life though, you'd wonder how the hell he doesn't require a legal guardian with him at all times for how stupid and gullible he is.
Robert Cartier Under no circumstances is it enough to be a decent human being. you HAVE to have intellectual capabilities, knowledge and understanding of the world and to know the basics about politics to get things done.
Pacino Heat Epstein’s criminality was known for decades. Accusations have been leveled at him, as with Drumpf, for decades. The appetite to prosecute was never there, until Drumpf was elected. It doesn’t take a genius, Alex Jones is no genius.
Pacino Heat 😁 I was trying to say that it doesn’t take a genius to suspect that the number of accusations of pedophilia and/ or sexual abuse, etc. directed at guys like Epstein, Drumpf etc., is likely true. Alex Jones is no genius (nor did he have to be) to put two and two together, so to speak. I guess I tried to summarise this because I knew what I meant, but of course no-one else can read my mind. I just need to be more explanatory.
I'm from Michigan as well but I can't speak for the whole state, only myself. To me, empty promises are still empty. No president can bring manufacturing jobs back. It makes no sense to corporate america at all. Things need to be made well for as little money as possible because we are a consumer driven economy and society. And our country is a part of the world and the world economy. It makes no sense to buy a product at twice the price. Think of it as organic food that costs twice the price or more. Who buys it? A large segment of the population? No. Organic food is a niche market still because of the cost. And Americans are already in debt up to their eyeballs. Things which cost more won't make their lives better. Cars which cost more they can't buy. It just adds to their pile of debt. We aren't in a sustainable economy. It's going to fall apart. So what we need in politicians aren't conmen. We need real human beings who will try and help us the best they can. Who will try and make government responsive to the needs of the 90% and not the 10%. The 10% own all the stocks. They control Wall Street. The 90% own a small portion of the total stocks. They get by, month to month, year to year. And the only thing they can do is turn out and vote to remove the current occupant of the White House. Because any of the democratic candidates are better than him. Those 87,000 that voted for democrats and left the presidential ballot blank gave us Trump. Clinton on her worst day in office would have been far better for the country and the state of Michigan than Trump. She would have created a professional working cabinet. She wouldn't have spent 60% of her day watching Fox News and tweeting. She wouldn't have turned the CBP and ICE into the gestapo. She wouldn't have tried to destroy the ACA to create millions of uninsured. She wouldn't have insulted our allies and embraced Putin. She wouldn't have started needless trade wars with our largest trading partners and threatening others. This is a zero sum game. If you reelect Trump then you will have zero sums in your bank account eventually because he is bankrupting the country. We've coasted off of the efforts of the democrats in 2009 which started a long lasting recovery. Only 3 republicans voted for ARRA. That was at a time when we had a minus 9 GDP and were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Now our unemployment rate is less than 4% and thanks to Trump and republicans in congress our deficit this year will be more than double what it was only 4 years ago. Obama and the democrats inherited a messed up economy and did something to help the American people. TARP reestablished banking stability. ARRA started the recovery. ACA brought insurance to millions who didn't have it and needed it. They spent their political capital on these things to benefit the average person. Trump and the GOP spent their political capital on a huge tax cut for billionaires and millionaires which increased our deficit by at least 150 billion a year. They called it a jobs bill when job growth per month under Trump since then has been less than it was per month under Obama in 2015. And the increase in our GDP was less than half of a percentage point. That's 1.5 trillion in cost for less job growth and a GDP boost less than a half percent. So I plead with all Americans. Please remove Trump from office. Vote for the democratic nominee. They may not be great but they will be better for our country than Trump. He is the American Caligula and he is as much a traitor to this country as Benedict Arnold was.
yew 2oob I’m not saying it’s fair that she lost -- I’m saying that if you want to win Michigan this is how most people feel. Hillary barely campaigned here and didn’t make the Midwest a serious part of her platform
Alex Corll He is a completely out of touch, elitist schmuck. He blamed the entire Midwest for the results of an election, criticizing people that did not vote in 2016 or voted for Donald Trump strictly in protest of career criminal politician Hillary Clinton, he blamed people who lost their fucking jobs in manufacturing for choosing a candidate who wanted to create more manufacturing jobs over one who wanted to cut them. I wish I was as morally superior as Jeff Daniels, I wish I had supported a woman who profited at the expense of poor Haitians, laughed when the child rapist she defended beat a polygraph and was cleared of a rape charge, whose failed foreign policy in Libya led to Americans being murdered which she in then lied about, who terrorized her husbands sexual assault victims, takes six figure speeches on Wall Street where she stresses the importance of having public and private stances on the same issue, intentionally mishandled classified information, and exchanged political favors for cash under the front of a phony foundation. Jeff Daniels hasn’t lost touch?? Are you fucking serious? Holy shit........
@@justincastillogayray It's either a screwup or he cursed. The live shows are on an 8 second delay...I think, maybe logner, but there's no time to do a clean cut like they do usually.
@@1famekouby Exactly what is it that you think the Dems can do with the GOP controlling Congress for a decade now, and with Trump promising to veto anything they send him? The House has passed numerous bills since the Dems took it back. The Senate refuses to even vote on them. They don't win because they don't want to. Lol! What sort of bullshit is that? They aren't spending millions of dollars running because they want to lose.
@@1famekouby that's...so incredibly stupid. we're talking about reality, not stupid theories to make yourselves feel better. anyone, on any side, who runs for president has a ego-boosting desire. Anyone who tries to be in charge of anything, politics business even just a household does so due to an ego drive. Sometimes you get a capable person, sometimes you don't but there's always ego. You think they spent all that money and pandered to every group because they want to lose? Come on, you're better than that. "any legitimate pundit" more like any pundit who needs to fill talking time on the air by pulling nonsense out of their ass. They lose because they fail to capture the emotional fervor that the right has. That's just common sense, when one side has the most religious voters and their pastors are telling them to vote for a candidate because he's sent by god then *of course* he's going to win compared to the side that can only say "hey, this is what we think will work, what do you think about it?".
If you get laid off from a corporation that you’ve worked at for several years, do you not get unemployment benefits, which include a dislocated worker program?
Its amazing isn't it, Jeff says that he would never run because he doesn't know enough, and yet he obviously far more knowledgeable and intelligent than most politicians, especially the President.
Jeff Daniels is a gifted actor, a real talent in the sea of mediocrity that is film today. It is so fitting that the man who brought Joshua Chamberlain to life in two films, gave us a glimpse of journalistic integrity playing Will McAvoy, should bring Atticus Finch to Broadway.
@@Mediaright ~ Another Sorkin master work. It's a shame it ended too soon, but it was great while it lasted. I'd been aware of Daniels, but didn't really have an opinion of him, but seeing him in The Newsroom (and subsequent interviews), I've become a huge fan. He's the real deal, even w/o Sorkin's words in his mouth.
@@okirrama3587 Blah. Even if that was his stance, which it isn't, it wouldn't match many republican figures. "lets let the people who only have interest in lining their own pockets pay me to make decisions!" I know that this problem is present in both parties, but it's clearly more prevalent in the republican party. So whats the difference? Letting rapists vote so they can vote how THEY want things? Or letting the people who are raping the american people as a whole, pay to make policies how THEY want them? Even based on your incorrect claim, it only brings him down to where the other politicians are playing.
okir rama You don’t get it. You may never get it. When you eat away the fundamental right to vote and leave it in the hands of those who are try everything in the book to take that right away from you, (guilty or innocent) to protect their base, you have already lost.
Just when I thought Jeff Daniels couldn't get any more spot-on with his read on the pulse of the country, he goes out and does something like this, and TOOOOTALLY crushes it yet again. Love Jeff Daniels.
Speaking as a Michigander, we definitely have an interest in restoring manufacturing jobs. We also care about the environment. We have the largest freshwater coastline of any political divide on earth and we want that water fresh, clean, and teeming with fish. The upper peninsula is basically a wildlife park with some small towns in it and we want that protected. Health care is big too. Most of the old jobs came with health coverage and pensions which now aren't being paid to our seniors. Lots of people with no health care and no choice but emergency rooms. Our education system is also terrible. Unions need to return but be regulated and corporations need regulation. Oh and the DeVos family needs to be burned at the stake for their exploitation of people in their pyramid scheme, Amway.
Don't go backwards, go forward. Many countries and many areas have been through losing manufacturing. You need to find new areas to make money because competitors will move, produce cheaper and take over market share, so you'll be out of a job either way.
Manufacturing of almost any stripe has to go through environmental permitting with the general understanding, dependent on the type of manufacturing, that they will have emissions of some nature. I understand you desiring a clean environment and most importantly jobs - but you need an understandable medium. If it's too expensive over environmental expectations, the manufacturing, and the jobs, go somewhere else.
Manufacturers were screwed. 100%. But if you look at the data, most of those jobs are lost forever. Automation is here to stay. The reason why I support Andrew Yang is because not only does he recognize the problem, but he has proposed solutions to them. Real, 21st century solutions. That go way beyond just his UBI proposal.
@@BolshevikChris Here's the thing: the current welfare systems that are in place have too much bureaucratic red tape that you need to go through just to receive the benefits. Couple that with the fact that if you get a job again and the gov't finds out that you can financially support yourself or your family again, the benefits will be cut for most of those programs. The pre-conditions are not attractive and does not give the individual a sense of optimism for the future. On the other hand, the Freedom Dividend is given to you NO MATTER YOUR ECONOMIC SITUATION. Sick, healthy, poor, rich, jobless, job... You will (in theory) always receive the $1,000 just for being a citizen of the US; a RIGHT. PLUS: you still come out ahead if you decide to opt-in to the FD, AND it will stack with SSDI; essentially an add on for social security. It's a win-win for the economy and the individual, able to take off the existential and economic stress of those that are just struggling to get by. As to your second question, Yang is not funded by any corporation or Super PACS. He is simply getting by (and I would argue) rising simply on the donations of individuals who see that he is not a charlatan like Trump. The only reason why he is running for president is because of the problems that we are dealing with now, as well as what he foresees if we do not alter our trajectory. The Freedom Dividend is a response to the coming wave of automation and AI that will eradicate the jobs that most people take for granted. What good is a $15 minimum wage or tax cuts to the rich when the every day American can not find a job? He is not concerned with shareholders like Trump: He is concerned about the future of t(his) country, and unlike the other Democrats that are running, he has ideas and solutions that can bring America to a new future in the 21st century. I would hope you can learn a little bit more about him if you haven't already and really dig deep into his broader vision for the country, and I hope my comment was a sufficient response. :) #Yang2020 #YangGang
@@BolshevikChris phasing out those broken systems slowly and in the long run is better for progress. Welfare stigma is worse than the concept of a dividend which is empowering.
Woah! That wasn't Jeff Daniels, that was Will McAvoy talking to Colbert. Brilliant!!! He wasn't kidding when he said Sorkin does that to you. Still spinning.
@@ksteiger if by mindless liberal idiot you mean advocate for appealing to the voters who decided the last election and will decide the next then I think you're wrong. Liberal idiots rage on about Russia and racism and mysoginistic tendencies of as the reasons why they lost instead of blaming their own failed policies such as NAFTA. Daniels said that essentially.
One more reason to vote for Bernie. We need a WH that's ...fighting for government by the people ...fighting corporate ownership of government ...AND giving us 4 more years of Colbert's best impressions.
This didn't age well for Jeff....He didn't know what he was talking about then, and I sure won't be listening to his opinion now. You gotta bring the common-sense not make-believe.
Ignorant statement because if you actually looked and left your echo chamber you'll see America is going great. Now back into your echo chamber because your TDS gets worse.
As a black man myself I truly hate black victimhood and white guilt. Black people and white people are human beings along with other ethnic racial groups. So I don’t need anyone to pity me at all because it makes me cringe. This is what they should be teaching the younger generational people about life. Here are four simple steps to have a less troubled life; step one: graduate from high school, step two: do not have children before you get married, step three: hold down a job and step four: do not commit crimes. If you follow these four simple steps your life would be less harder. I have a message for all human beings in this world for the last time you cannot demand love you cannot make someone like you just because somebody does not like you that does not mean your a horrible person and especially it does not mean your oppressed. The truth about human nature is that you cannot fix people it is up to people to fix themselves period. Forcing someone to like you is similar to someone forcibly to respect you when respect must be earned just like love should be earned. If you have not done anything wrong to anyone in your life then you obviously do not have to apologise, or beg for forgiveness, or even feel guilty or even carry a weight on your shoulder so grow up and live your life normally with those who are closer to you like your families and your long time friends. I understand we humans all want love, respect and support but you cannot get everything you want so be grateful for all the good things that you have in your life. If you think the world owes you something then that makes you a paranoid sad individual.
White liberals who act like they're "helping" the "poor black ppl" are really being the white supremacists that they claim to be against.. it's racism masked in humanitarianism
It's called bigotry of low expectations when white liberals say you can't get an ID to vote because you don't know how and you need to have your hand held for example. And call it voter suppression.
The manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. We shifted long ago to a service centered economy. There have to be adequate re-education transitional programs. You cant fight, technology or the already emergent global economy. Rather, smart economies thru firms change to match and outpace fiscal economic trend. The only way to do that is what I previously mentioned above alongside improving technology for efficiency. Efficient products mean better cost to consumer and ensure a sustained workforce.Ppl have to also evolve with technology. Our sickness is we are allowing only one branch of this needed partnered evolution bc of shortsightedness or nativism.
Retraining programs have a success rate of less than 15%. With so many jobs being replaced by machines and computers, we need to implement a universal minimum income. Andrew Yang knows this.
Colbert let Jeff Daniels speak. I love it when his "interviews" go this way. Some of the people he has on seem scared to answer and speak. Jeff Daniels was a great guest.
Genevieve then don’t swear and get sued by the fcc on live tv. It’s that simple. If you want that to change, get out there and make it happen. But right now, that would have been a huge problem for Daniels, Colbert and the network.
Jeff Daniels summed up the situation quite well. The time is too short for this ridiculous number of candidates to still be squabbling in the public arena of debates. You need a system of forced attrition to trim away any candidate who has failed to gain traction by now, then bring a cohesive platform to the criminal enemy of the state A.K.A. Individual One.
@@riverraisin1 The protracted dog & pony show was okay in the fifties but, with modern mass media and instant communication being the norm, this is going on too long. The opposition needs to start being more sharply focused and defined instead of squandering the limited public attention span on infighting.
Jeff Daniels is an amazing actor, compassionate in his words and understands the people. Very much a good human being and the compassionate and understanding is what a great man and leader looks like. Everything else follows. Great man.
@Abigail Slaughter Naw it still is. Remember that its socialists who make these estimations and it's obvious which countries they favor. More pertinently, the socialists that make these estimations aren't the ones who are hard done by the system, and haven't a clue the harm that large governments impose on people.
Jeff I always love you- you and jim triggered my first anxiety attack (at age 5 ) with the clogged toilet in dnd. I look back and laugh, there were so many other irrational things that set me off so it wasn’t that on its own. thank you for being you and talking about the important things. It still matters so much all these years later.
Consumers only buy the cheapest shit, so it's not just the corporations who are to blame. Americans need to learn to look at themselves a little more closely.
I remember Michael Moore just after Trump's election pointing that out on MSNBC. A truly sobering stat (although you'd have to compare it to Republican numbers, etc)
Jeff Daniels is one of the most real, compassionate, common-sense people I've ever heard speak 'off-the-cuff'. And he's right on the money here! He said just exactly what I feel. So get out there Jeff and do some speaking gigs, because this country needs more people like you to stand up and help the 'ignorant' among us to make sense out of all of this insane b/s. Especially the young folks who have so much to lose if the insidious status quo is allowed to continue for much longer!
I loved this interview. The one issue I have with it is.. "you gotta talk to that 20%, you gotta tell them you're not raising their taxes.." As someone who makes less than 30K a year, please raise my taxes as long as it's for my own quality of life. Taxes is gov. The gov doesn't pay for anything, it's just a collection of taxpayer money. I don't want a 3 trillion dollar military.. I want education, healthcare, clean air, beautiful trees.. Please. Raise. My. Taxes
@J Wil I really think he's that dumb. He's making under 30k a year and he wants the government to rob him even more. So you pay for military now and want them to tax you more for a better quality of life? How about you ask them to do that with the money you're already giving them? The money they use to fight wars and bail out banks.
Ok, How is it that an actor, who claims to know little about politics, sounds more informed, sane and logical than most of your politicians that I am listening to from USA? What's with that? And why are your shows and interviews so short? Lack of attention or ...? Remember The Newsroom - that show you there didn't seem to like so much, because it used long sentences ? It made some really interesting points. And Jeff Daniels was amazing in it. But for some reason most people seem to recognize him from Dumb and Dumber... Oh well...
Being a resident of Michigan, Jeff hit the nail right on the head. That is the exact sentiment that I hear expressed from my friends, family, and coworkers. Democrats!! LISTEN TO JEFF DANIELS!!!
He's not at all what you call a "Hollywood man", but he's a damn fine actor. Not only that, he's also darn smart, knowledgeable and actually cares about people. We definitely should listen to him.
@@Liz86000 None of the things you've stated about his character are anything other than idealized notions of an individual. You're actually a mongoloid.
PoonSlayer69 Wow, you are twelve.... and ignorant as well, you can’t even distinguish what is true or false, facts or lies, or in this case true qualities in a man, not « idealized notions ». A perfect voter for Trump in a nutshell.
Amen Pete.... we could only pray and hope. PS unless it's a gag reel of Donnie trying to pronounce 2 syllable words & all the times he had toilet paper stuck to his knock off design shoe, I will never, ever watch ANYTHING to do with Donald Trump. Oooh. Except for when he finally goes to PRISON. I'll buy the box set.
Instead of bringing old jobs back, let’s create NEW jobs for the people who got laid off. That way we don’t hurt American companies that American citizens are invested in ( but we should regulate them so they don’t mess up our environment and don’t abuse their investors) and we can allow those people laid off to thrive. There has to be some industries that can be made or created for this. Anybody got any ideas? I think solar power/wind power manufacturing facilities bankrolled and subsidized by the government could be an option.
this is NOT the interview I expected but THIS IS THE INTERVIEW WE NEEDED! Wow! Powerful words from a very wise man who played the dumbest mfkr EVER! much respect
Well, no, not really. I mean, sure Mensch in German means human, but the word does exist in Yiddish with its meaning of "a good person" or whatever the exact definition is. Of course, the words have the same origin, I mean, Yiddish and German are pretty close etymologically. But when Americans use this word, they _are_ actually using a Yiddish word, not a German one, since they don't want Mensch to mean simply "human".
I’d love to be wrong, but given the current electoral college structure and the racial climate in this country, it’s difficult to see a democrat winning the 2020 presidential election.
I'd say it's hard for someone who's far left to win because the policies just aren't as popular, I think someone like Andrew Yang has a real chance. Dont forget Trump won by a slim margin in the previous election.
@nick m. not if Trump actually builds that wall, slows illegal immigration, AND enforces laws against election fraud. Dems can only win if they cheat. As a native Californian, I have been saying it for years.
Nick DipaoloFan he's to busy smearing orange spray tan on his face and tweeting to get anything done don't worry whoever replaces him will be an adult and do real work
@@gameboypunk660 If Trump wasn't getting things done the Democrats wouldn't be so unhinged. He is turning the courts conservative, he is exposing the corrupt media, the corrupt democrat party, and shining light on all sorts of government problem.
What makes Jeff Daniels so remarkable as a man and an actor is his combination of fiery passion and sober reason. Like his newsroom scene when he declares America is no longer the best country in the world. Acting 101. Even when he swears its because no other words give that condition justice. In Gettysburg, Good Night and Good Luck, Newsroom and To Kill a Mockingbird he is the actor of choice. Only Jeff Daniels could possibly compete with the great Gregory Peck as the iconic Atticus Finch. He is simply the finest actor active in the world today. If only he would run for President. Unfortunately for us, modesty is his greatest virtue.
whats ironic was that the corporations that helped the US into the most powerful economy on earth took their jobs elsewhere when the cost of doing business at home rose.
@@quiett6191 IT ISN'T. Those of us who were born in an honorable America in the 1950's, know this. These two people are the main reason why. UNBELIEVABLE
Telling people you're going to bring their jobs back is all well and good, but wouldn't it be FAR better to give them REAL hope? Wouldn't it be better to say you're going to help create and give them jobs that CAN'T IN ANY WAY EVER be shipped off to some other country? Jobs that require people on site doing the work locally, not something that can be shipped in after it's already made?
I think that's what he was implying. You don't necessarily have to lie and say you will/can bring back the old jobs (as he says Trump did). However you do need to talk to them. Give them alternatives (like what you describe above). At least let them know they're not forgotten and just looked down on as a statistic that doesn't matter because 'it's business'. That there is some sort of future for them or their kids.
We could create whole NEW industries by reducing our carbon emissions. They have the technology out there and they need people to work to incorporate saving the planet into our economy. If we do our part in OUR country those jobs would never be taken away, because we are saving ourselves.
@@--enyo-- Exactly. Go to them. Pay attention. Be honest. Don't just talk about compassion and patriotism, talk about policies that show it. They've been told too many easy, comfortable lies and hollow, empty promises.
@@alalalala57 Well, for instance, we need a HELL of a lot more bodies in the recycling centers (and more of them) to separate the different items and properly recycle them into new products. If the government is going to be on a green kick when we boot tramp, there will likely be more funding for things like that.
I love his passion, he's a man of conviction and I respect that wholeheartedly. I can tell he's not receptive to any progressive candidate but it does lay out that even passionate politically minded people like Daniel's can get lost in messaging about raising taxes vs. not having to pay insurance premiums/deductibles/copays/fees.
We just hit performance #400 here on tour tonight...can confirm that this show keeps your head working even this many shows later. Our cast is continually finding new things to try. One of the great things of taking this show around different cities is seeing how different audiences react, and in different places. The school shows though? They're the best. Talk about an audience reaction.
5:22 Why is it censored? What was he saying there? It seemed like a really powerful moment but then it cut from him and the sound went out. That is *HORSESHIT* , I wanted to hear what he was saying.
I wish they could have left him uncensored. It’s great to see someone truly upset about something even though it has passed from the news cycle. A man of conviction, right there.
FCC has decided that Americans are too sensitive to hear swear words or see partially covered nipples.
Feb 19 babies are passionate people.
They would have bleeped him if it was taped. But last night was live because of the debates and cutting away was their chosen option. Silence and staying on Daniels would have better - we could have read his lips.
@@ZarkowsWorld but mutilated people or mass murder/violence? all a-ok to them! we humans are so screwed up.
He's an actor.
If my dad were ever on a TV show... this is exactly how he would dress.
Same. It's like the dad uniform.
Lmfao!
I honestly don’t know if Jeff Daniels went into The Newsroom already being Will MacAvoy, but he definitely left with it. It’s great to see people talk with passion and conviction, and this is it.
+Andrew Nibbi
~ My exact thoughts as well, he's been an eye-opening discovery, since finding The Newsroom on Amazon streaming. He interviews really well, too, so it's not that he need's Sorkin's words in his mouth, though it sure can't hurt.
Sorkin found an embodiment for his voice in Daniels. Just as he did in the entire cast of the West Wing headed by Martin Sheen. They aren't just reciting lines, but incarnating them.
The previous generation had Gregory Peck as their "conscience". (Taking on racism in "TKAM", anti-Semitism in "Genteman's Agreement", ethics in "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit", etc.)
If you haven't seen it, check out Daniels in the miniseries "The Looming Tower". Not Sorkin, but equally powerful.
He was cast for a reason
Max Max Even more so than Sheen I think. Martin is amazing, but you watch interviews with him, and he’s truly an actor’s actor. Amazing but he is able to hold a distance between himself and his roles and then able to just instantly sink into these legendary parts. Even though Sorkin loves to write for and to actors, Sheen is perfectly comfortable in the fact he shares some values with, but is NOT the kinda guy Bartlet is. Jeff on the other hand, is BUILT for Sorkin. Truly. And he’s so invested in politics and getting fired up about them, he really seems embody Aaron more writing TO someone than them acting to a character he wrote.
lol he was a kept man
I wish his HBO show "Newsroom" had lasted more than 3 seasons. He was fantastic in it. I loved that show.
Scott Flaherty it was exposing the media circus. that’s why it ended
It was a fantastic show.
I felt a similar (yet, obviously, not the same) experience with the quite disturbing because real The Loudest Voice with Crowe. Something raw, perhaps, an evil Will McAvoy to some extent. But the fact that it is based and most likely watered down version of true human scums makes it even more memorable, in my opinion.
@@ThommyKanepartly but sorkin was a god
How can this guy be in both "dumb and dumber" and "the newsroom". And now "to kill a mockingbird"?
The range
‘Cause, he’s an actor, a good one!
You need an actor this good to do dumb and dumber. Believe me.
It's not just that he was in there. It's that this was an example of one of his scenes: th-cam.com/video/b7l6jg4Hlog/w-d-xo.html
That....or To Kill a Mockingbird.
Range =)
wow how can an actor change his moods lets see think of happy , think sad think hot think cold think portray OOOO dat is soooo hard you gotta be kidding me everybody in the world that has been a kid knows how to act
its called lying
#JeffDaniels is one of the most underrated actors of the last 20 yrs. And its clearly obvious he has more knowledge about Congress than the ones who have been voted in.
Skiimn77 so because you agree with him politically he’s a great actor? Dumb and dumber sucks lmaooo stop
@@nvm7438 I never saw the movie. But you can stop being Dumb & even Dumber.
Skiimn77 how is it clearly obvious? Because he has an opinion on a tv show nobody watches? Trump will destroy you dumb libs again in 2020!!!
I didn't hear him say a word about Congress.
bedfordnhdonkey preach brother!!! Trump 2020!!! Currently watching to kill a mockingbird on broadway. Atticus definitely leans right yet Jeff Daniels is a looney lefty.
MOCK - YEAH
ING - YEAH
BIRD - YEAH
YEAH - YEAH
YEAH - YEAH
"Mockin' bird now everybody have you heard!
He's gonna buy me a mockinbird"
@@MultiKalmer But what if that mocking bird don't sing? -- Can you subpoena a friggin' mocking bird?! -- Does it have immunity?
Yeah! 😂😂😂
Kallermo
“Has everybody heard about the bird?
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma, mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, ma-ma, mow, pa-pa.....” 😆😆😆
I really love when Stephen lets the guest have the last word in situations like this. Jeff knows what he wants to say and Colbert sits back and lets him say it because it's what's needed. Shakes his hand and thanks him for his time. The respect is super palpable.
Respectable only when he shares the same view. He interrupts Chris Wallace continually.
Steven Brock 90% of Jeff’s talking points were emotional-based, so your argument doesn’t hold
He's amazingly well-spoken too, and he just got done doing Sorkin, so he still has that flow going through him that's effortless to listen to. ...Plus this was a live show, and when the red light shows, you gotta cut it. So maybe Colbert just thought he'd let him go until the light.
He sure ain't no dummy. Articulate and passionate. Already thought he was good but my opinion of him just went up a few more notches.
Anyone planning a film about Ed Schultz, here's your male lead. Let's get to work!
The irony of censoring someone speaking out for people who have no voice.
Wow
Well, it's still CBS. Grandpa tv...
@@nivekian More to do with the FCC. You know that government agency that regulates free speech.
What does the FCC have to do with TH-cam.
What did he say when the audio cut out?
1) "...I don't know enough to run for office...", he says.
2) Proceeds to show us that he knows a lot more than some others who have jobs in Government!
All you need to be a good politician is to be a decent human being!
Which is something that some people who work in the White House are just not capable of. (Yes, we are looking at you, Stephen Miller.)
No, you did not understand him. He really does not know enough - he said he knows what he wants and does not want, he knows why, he can argument that, he is decent - but that is not nearly as enough. If one is to run for a political position the MAIN think that he/she needs to know is how the system works so that they could get SOME things that they want, done.
It is NOT a world where nice ideas win you what you want - it is a double crossing hell of political end economic interests, shifting loyalties and shameless lying. If you want to get even the simplest thing done, you need to know by heart how the system works.
And that is the fear I have (even though I am not an American) - Lizz and Bernie have very good ideas, and given the fact that they are in various offices for quite some time, I guess they know the system well enough to MAYBE get 10% of their ideas come into life. Because, that is the best they can hope for - political system is inert and it would take generations to come to the point where ideas like theirs could be done to the full.
I am not afraid because they will, maybe, manage to get 10% done - that is a HUGE thing for US right now. I am afraid that ideologically blinded and optimistic will see that 10% as a defeat instead of victory.
Why?
Because that is the exact same thing that happened to Obama. He came with nice talks of change, but once faced with political system, he could barely get anything done. He started pushing in the right direction but people saw it as not enough, a defeat, they wanted it all right there and now, within those 8 years. The moment they saw it ain't comin', they voted for a different type of person.
Politics, especially in USA, is an incremental thing, moves very slowly. And the ideological blindness is what will keep US down - people wanting things done right now and if not, it is a defeat, then switching up in the next terms, always going one step forward one step back - while the rest of the world, especially dictatorial countries that are the main enemy (China and Russia) are driving an obstacle free highway behind a single idea.
That whole current US mentality that comes with the newer generations, "I want it NOW!" is what will keep the country down. You can't get it now, radical changes take generations to build but years to destroy.
agreed, I think a willingness to learn, integrity, admitting You Don't Know something, are qualities that make anyone a formidable leader
It's not hard to know more than half the politicians in government. It's also not hard to have WAY more common sense than the ones who are smart. I am not slow by any means, but I know a guy who could make me look like an infant with crayons by comparison on tests. If you knew him in real life though, you'd wonder how the hell he doesn't require a legal guardian with him at all times for how stupid and gullible he is.
Robert Cartier
Under no circumstances is it enough to be a decent human being. you HAVE to have intellectual capabilities, knowledge and understanding of the world and to know the basics about politics to get things done.
@pammens miss Would you mind telling me (or us) what you comment has to do with either what OP said or what I said?
Jeff has passion, integrity and honesty. A hero! Boy I really like him. A good man.
@Pacino Heat Where are you getting this from? Alex Jones?
Pacino Heat Epstein’s criminality was known for decades. Accusations have been leveled at him, as with Drumpf, for decades. The appetite to prosecute was never there, until Drumpf was elected. It doesn’t take a genius, Alex Jones is no genius.
Pacino Heat 😁 I was trying to say that it doesn’t take a genius to suspect that the number of accusations of pedophilia and/ or sexual abuse, etc. directed at guys like Epstein, Drumpf etc., is likely true. Alex Jones is no genius (nor did he have to be) to put two and two together, so to speak. I guess I tried to summarise this because I knew what I meant, but of course no-one else can read my mind. I just need to be more explanatory.
And sex appeal!
Being from Michigan, this is exactly how the state feels.
Compensate to Automate! Yang2020
I'm from Michigan as well but I can't speak for the whole state, only myself. To me, empty promises are still empty. No president can bring manufacturing jobs back. It makes no sense to corporate america at all. Things need to be made well for as little money as possible because we are a consumer driven economy and society. And our country is a part of the world and the world economy. It makes no sense to buy a product at twice the price. Think of it as organic food that costs twice the price or more. Who buys it? A large segment of the population? No. Organic food is a niche market still because of the cost. And Americans are already in debt up to their eyeballs. Things which cost more won't make their lives better. Cars which cost more they can't buy. It just adds to their pile of debt.
We aren't in a sustainable economy. It's going to fall apart. So what we need in politicians aren't conmen. We need real human beings who will try and help us the best they can. Who will try and make government responsive to the needs of the 90% and not the 10%. The 10% own all the stocks. They control Wall Street. The 90% own a small portion of the total stocks. They get by, month to month, year to year. And the only thing they can do is turn out and vote to remove the current occupant of the White House. Because any of the democratic candidates are better than him. Those 87,000 that voted for democrats and left the presidential ballot blank gave us Trump. Clinton on her worst day in office would have been far better for the country and the state of Michigan than Trump. She would have created a professional working cabinet. She wouldn't have spent 60% of her day watching Fox News and tweeting. She wouldn't have turned the CBP and ICE into the gestapo. She wouldn't have tried to destroy the ACA to create millions of uninsured. She wouldn't have insulted our allies and embraced Putin. She wouldn't have started needless trade wars with our largest trading partners and threatening others.
This is a zero sum game. If you reelect Trump then you will have zero sums in your bank account eventually because he is bankrupting the country. We've coasted off of the efforts of the democrats in 2009 which started a long lasting recovery. Only 3 republicans voted for ARRA. That was at a time when we had a minus 9 GDP and were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Now our unemployment rate is less than 4% and thanks to Trump and republicans in congress our deficit this year will be more than double what it was only 4 years ago. Obama and the democrats inherited a messed up economy and did something to help the American people. TARP reestablished banking stability. ARRA started the recovery. ACA brought insurance to millions who didn't have it and needed it. They spent their political capital on these things to benefit the average person. Trump and the GOP spent their political capital on a huge tax cut for billionaires and millionaires which increased our deficit by at least 150 billion a year. They called it a jobs bill when job growth per month under Trump since then has been less than it was per month under Obama in 2015. And the increase in our GDP was less than half of a percentage point. That's 1.5 trillion in cost for less job growth and a GDP boost less than a half percent.
So I plead with all Americans. Please remove Trump from office. Vote for the democratic nominee. They may not be great but they will be better for our country than Trump. He is the American Caligula and he is as much a traitor to this country as Benedict Arnold was.
So the WHOLE country has to suffer because a few people felt this way...sounds fair. She WON by 2 million votes.
yew 2oob I’m not saying it’s fair that she lost -- I’m saying that if you want to win Michigan this is how most people feel. Hillary barely campaigned here and didn’t make the Midwest a serious part of her platform
Hate Spreader who cares
Huge fan of Jeff Daniels... I just appreciate his moral compass & perspective!
@Pacino Heat ?
Daniels did not give a flock that this was live. 😂
I'm tired of the FCC censoring internet comments like this
oh he did 😈
He gave a flock he was flipping out pinching his seat cushion with his dimpled white ass.
@@arsonfly They didn't, the censored the live broadcast and CBS didn't bother re-editing it. The FCC has no control of TH-cam content.
He's absolutely right. Maybe one of the few actors who hasn't lost touch after living in the bubble.
Alex Corll He is a completely out of touch, elitist schmuck. He blamed the entire Midwest for the results of an election, criticizing people that did not vote in 2016 or voted for Donald Trump strictly in protest of career criminal politician Hillary Clinton, he blamed people who lost their fucking jobs in manufacturing for choosing a candidate who wanted to create more manufacturing jobs over one who wanted to cut them. I wish I was as morally superior as Jeff Daniels, I wish I had supported a woman who profited at the expense of poor Haitians, laughed when the child rapist she defended beat a polygraph and was cleared of a rape charge, whose failed foreign policy in Libya led to Americans being murdered which she in then lied about, who terrorized her husbands sexual assault victims, takes six figure speeches on Wall Street where she stresses the importance of having public and private stances on the same issue, intentionally mishandled classified information, and exchanged political favors for cash under the front of a phony foundation. Jeff Daniels hasn’t lost touch?? Are you fucking serious? Holy shit........
But he doesn't live in the bubble lol. He's lived in Michigan for the last several decades. That's why he hasn't lost touch.
Damn Daniels, that was incredibly well said... He has got my vote so far lol
but what did he say that got edited out?
@@justincastillogayray It's either a screwup or he cursed. The live shows are on an 8 second delay...I think, maybe logner, but there's no time to do a clean cut like they do usually.
right lol how do I vote for Jeff
@@1famekouby Exactly what is it that you think the Dems can do with the GOP controlling Congress for a decade now, and with Trump promising to veto anything they send him? The House has passed numerous bills since the Dems took it back. The Senate refuses to even vote on them.
They don't win because they don't want to. Lol! What sort of bullshit is that? They aren't spending millions of dollars running because they want to lose.
@@1famekouby that's...so incredibly stupid. we're talking about reality, not stupid theories to make yourselves feel better. anyone, on any side, who runs for president has a ego-boosting desire. Anyone who tries to be in charge of anything, politics business even just a household does so due to an ego drive. Sometimes you get a capable person, sometimes you don't but there's always ego. You think they spent all that money and pandered to every group because they want to lose? Come on, you're better than that. "any legitimate pundit" more like any pundit who needs to fill talking time on the air by pulling nonsense out of their ass. They lose because they fail to capture the emotional fervor that the right has. That's just common sense, when one side has the most religious voters and their pastors are telling them to vote for a candidate because he's sent by god then *of course* he's going to win compared to the side that can only say "hey, this is what we think will work, what do you think about it?".
To this day, I believe The News Room is one of the best if not the best show on TV. Ever!!!
But can I interest you in The West Wing? ;)
Ive lived in Michigan my whole life and jeff just nailed it he is right our area got screwed
I live in Pennsylvania it's the same here. I expect that it is the same in Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin, too.
@@saintmichael1779 Shout outs from Dayton, Ohio. Ya, we know those feels. All too well.
If you get laid off from a corporation that you’ve worked at for several years, do you not get unemployment benefits, which include a dislocated worker program?
@@saintmichael1779 Yes, Wisco here..
@@21972012145525 It's not having your job!!!
Its amazing isn't it, Jeff says that he would never run because he doesn't know enough, and yet he obviously far more knowledgeable and intelligent than most politicians, especially the President.
Its the mark of a truly intelligent person when they say they don't know enough.
Damn straight. I like to see books like "To Kill A Mockingbird" banned from schools, which is why I only vote straight Democrat ticket now.
@@rexpimplemyer3839 amen.
Jeff is a badass. I'm glad he's speaking out more.
I wish that sorry Bastard throw a punch at me.
It's good to know he's out there, being strong and in the criminals faces!
@@michaelquarry6433 Of course. You're showing your trash level.
he didnt let it all out something weird was itching him
@@michaelquarry6433 Threw*
Jeff Daniels is a gifted actor, a real talent in the sea of mediocrity that is film today. It is so fitting that the man who brought Joshua Chamberlain to life in two films, gave us a glimpse of journalistic integrity playing Will McAvoy, should bring Atticus Finch to Broadway.
The more I see of Jeff Daniels the more I understand how shocking it was when Jim Carrey chose him as his co-star in Dumb & Dumber
What was the dumb part for you?
Check out Newsroom and you'll be even more amazed.
@@Mediaright ~ Another Sorkin master work. It's a shame it ended too soon, but it was great while it lasted. I'd been aware of Daniels, but didn't really have an opinion of him, but seeing him in The Newsroom (and subsequent interviews), I've become a huge fan. He's the real deal, even w/o Sorkin's words in his mouth.
I’ll never understand why people liked that movie. Ugh it was awful.
Why? he's amazing at comedy and had done several before that.
" I don't know enough".........." That doesn't stop most people" bahahahhahhah 🤣
Well said...Jeff Daniels is an amazing actor and person. Wish Colbert allows more time for his guests to speak
I think he would've if not for the fact that this is a live episode.
Oriolez This needs to be sent to all the democratic candidates
he sux as an actor
I completely agree. I could definitely watch a full episode of just Jeff Daniels and Colbert.
Loved him in The Newsroom
Jeff Daniels would kill it on SNL as Mitch McConnel
Bernie Sanders "I wrote the damn bill"
Bernie" I will let terrorist and rapist to vote" Sanders
@@okirrama3587 Blah. Even if that was his stance, which it isn't, it wouldn't match many republican figures. "lets let the people who only have interest in lining their own pockets pay me to make decisions!"
I know that this problem is present in both parties, but it's clearly more prevalent in the republican party.
So whats the difference? Letting rapists vote so they can vote how THEY want things? Or letting the people who are raping the american people as a whole, pay to make policies how THEY want them?
Even based on your incorrect claim, it only brings him down to where the other politicians are playing.
Lol, Bernie wants Americans to have rights! Your argument is a fallacy! But I love seeing how simple trump supporters are.
okir rama You don’t get it. You may never get it. When you eat away the fundamental right to vote and leave it in the hands of those who are try everything in the book to take that right away from you, (guilty or innocent) to protect their base, you have already lost.
"Food lines are a good thing" Bernie Sanders
Just when I thought Jeff Daniels couldn't get any more spot-on with his read on the pulse of the country, he goes out and does something like this, and TOOOOTALLY crushes it yet again. Love Jeff Daniels.
Your comment reminded me of that line from Dumb and Dumber "You Go And Do Something Like This… And TOOTAAAALLY Redeem Yourself!"
@@GG-kc6ie yes. That is why he fashioned his comment as such.
@@adamyoung7999 how can you be sure it wasn't a coincidence?
@@GG-kc6ie because I recognize patterns and I’m not retarded
@@adamyoung7999 Yeah I'm not sure
Speaking as a Michigander, we definitely have an interest in restoring manufacturing jobs. We also care about the environment. We have the largest freshwater coastline of any political divide on earth and we want that water fresh, clean, and teeming with fish. The upper peninsula is basically a wildlife park with some small towns in it and we want that protected. Health care is big too. Most of the old jobs came with health coverage and pensions which now aren't being paid to our seniors. Lots of people with no health care and no choice but emergency rooms. Our education system is also terrible. Unions need to return but be regulated and corporations need regulation. Oh and the DeVos family needs to be burned at the stake for their exploitation of people in their pyramid scheme, Amway.
Don't go backwards, go forward.
Many countries and many areas have been through losing manufacturing. You need to find new areas to make money because competitors will move, produce cheaper and take over market share, so you'll be out of a job either way.
Manufacturing of almost any stripe has to go through environmental permitting with the general understanding, dependent on the type of manufacturing, that they will have emissions of some nature. I understand you desiring a clean environment and most importantly jobs - but you need an understandable medium. If it's too expensive over environmental expectations, the manufacturing, and the jobs, go somewhere else.
Manufacturers were screwed. 100%. But if you look at the data, most of those jobs are lost forever. Automation is here to stay. The reason why I support Andrew Yang is because not only does he recognize the problem, but he has proposed solutions to them. Real, 21st century solutions. That go way beyond just his UBI proposal.
manufacturing jobs arent coming back, A.I cant be stopped
Please always have Jeff Daniels during these debates. Keepin it real. 👍👍
And who is addressing those manufacturing jobs that have been lost?
Andrew Yang
Yang wants to get rid of the entire welfare system that alot of these people are reliant on. Yang is for the shareholders as much as Trump is my dude.
@@BolshevikChris Here's the thing: the current welfare systems that are in place have too much bureaucratic red tape that you need to go through just to receive the benefits. Couple that with the fact that if you get a job again and the gov't finds out that you can financially support yourself or your family again, the benefits will be cut for most of those programs. The pre-conditions are not attractive and does not give the individual a sense of optimism for the future.
On the other hand, the Freedom Dividend is given to you NO MATTER YOUR ECONOMIC SITUATION. Sick, healthy, poor, rich, jobless, job... You will (in theory) always receive the $1,000 just for being a citizen of the US; a RIGHT. PLUS: you still come out ahead if you decide to opt-in to the FD, AND it will stack with SSDI; essentially an add on for social security. It's a win-win for the economy and the individual, able to take off the existential and economic stress of those that are just struggling to get by.
As to your second question, Yang is not funded by any corporation or Super PACS. He is simply getting by (and I would argue) rising simply on the donations of individuals who see that he is not a charlatan like Trump. The only reason why he is running for president is because of the problems that we are dealing with now, as well as what he foresees if we do not alter our trajectory. The Freedom Dividend is a response to the coming wave of automation and AI that will eradicate the jobs that most people take for granted. What good is a $15 minimum wage or tax cuts to the rich when the every day American can not find a job? He is not concerned with shareholders like Trump: He is concerned about the future of t(his) country, and unlike the other Democrats that are running, he has ideas and solutions that can bring America to a new future in the 21st century.
I would hope you can learn a little bit more about him if you haven't already and really dig deep into his broader vision for the country, and I hope my comment was a sufficient response. :)
#Yang2020 #YangGang
Why do you say he wants to take aways what these people rely on when he wants to introduce an alternative opt in program?
@@BolshevikChris phasing out those broken systems slowly and in the long run is better for progress. Welfare stigma is worse than the concept of a dividend which is empowering.
I’m not American, but Yang 2020!
Woah! That wasn't Jeff Daniels, that was Will McAvoy talking to Colbert. Brilliant!!! He wasn't kidding when he said Sorkin does that to you. Still spinning.
You mean turn you into a mindless liberal idiot? Guess so...
@@ksteiger if by mindless liberal idiot you mean advocate for appealing to the voters who decided the last election and will decide the next then I think you're wrong. Liberal idiots rage on about Russia and racism and mysoginistic tendencies of as the reasons why they lost instead of blaming their own failed policies such as NAFTA. Daniels said that essentially.
Jeff came to say what people needed to hear. This was an important message delivered by a busy guy. Hope the right people hear it.
"Multiple Sorkins" sounds like something people say in a hushed tone in a hospital waiting room.
I sorked off twice while watching this clip
The Newsroom was such a great series. So glad they finished it
The last part of this interview should be played on big screens after the candidates have been brought out at EVERY Democrat debate from now on.
Love This man. Actor genius and still a true blue collar.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!
Bernie is Colbie's best political impression!
One more reason to vote for Bernie. We need a WH that's
...fighting for government by the people
...fighting corporate ownership of government
...AND giving us 4 more years of Colbert's best impressions.
@@dontaylor7315 True.
This didn't age well for Jeff....He didn't know what he was talking about then, and I sure won't be listening to his opinion now. You gotta bring the common-sense not make-believe.
Shit, I think I'd emigrate to the US and get citizenship just to vote for Will MacAvoy!
I. K. R.
David Read 🙄
David, READ!
You don’t need to apply for citizenship. Just walk across the border. If you’re a poc Democrats will even give you a bunch of free shit.
whos will mca avoy?
JDaniels, Thank you for speaking the honest truth. We need and want to hear it then and Now! Vote Better, Vote Biden/Harris2020!!
He might not know enough but he'd do a better bloody job of running the country.
Agree 100%
Hallelujah!
Ignorant statement because if you actually looked and left your echo chamber you'll see America is going great. Now back into your echo chamber because your TDS gets worse.
@@TheJester39 I couldn't have put that better.
As a black man myself I truly hate black victimhood and white guilt. Black people and white people are human beings along with other ethnic racial groups. So I don’t need anyone to pity me at all because it makes me cringe. This is what they should be teaching the younger generational people about life. Here are four simple steps to have a less troubled life; step one: graduate from high school, step two: do not have children before you get married, step three: hold down a job and step four: do not commit crimes. If you follow these four simple steps your life would be less harder. I have a message for all human beings in this world for the last time you cannot demand love you cannot make someone like you just because somebody does not like you that does not mean your a horrible person and especially it does not mean your oppressed. The truth about human nature is that you cannot fix people it is up to people to fix themselves period. Forcing someone to like you is similar to someone forcibly to respect you when respect must be earned just like love should be earned. If you have not done anything wrong to anyone in your life then you obviously do not have to apologise, or beg for forgiveness, or even feel guilty or even carry a weight on your shoulder so grow up and live your life normally with those who are closer to you like your families and your long time friends. I understand we humans all want love, respect and support but you cannot get everything you want so be grateful for all the good things that you have in your life. If you think the world owes you something then that makes you a paranoid sad individual.
White liberals who act like they're "helping" the "poor black ppl" are really being the white supremacists that they claim to be against.. it's racism masked in humanitarianism
It's called bigotry of low expectations when white liberals say you can't get an ID to vote because you don't know how and you need to have your hand held for example. And call it voter suppression.
The manufacturing jobs aren't coming back. We shifted long ago to a service centered economy. There have to be adequate re-education transitional programs. You cant fight, technology or the already emergent global economy. Rather, smart economies thru firms change to match and outpace fiscal economic trend. The only way to do that is what I previously mentioned above alongside improving technology for efficiency. Efficient products mean better cost to consumer and ensure a sustained workforce.Ppl have to also evolve with technology. Our sickness is we are allowing only one branch of this needed partnered evolution bc of shortsightedness or nativism.
Retraining programs have a success rate of less than 15%. With so many jobs being replaced by machines and computers, we need to implement a universal minimum income. Andrew Yang knows this.
@@Neoquaker1 a minimum income isn't bad but retraining programs utilizing new technology is necessary or we lose the entire old workforce.
@@randomness8819 I guess a mix of both would be ideal.
@@randomness8819 If the guy above is correct and retraining has a 15% success rate then its just pissing in the wind.
@Abigail Slaughter Asking why will open a pandoras box that no politician will touch.
Colbert let Jeff Daniels speak. I love it when his "interviews" go this way. Some of the people he has on seem scared to answer and speak. Jeff Daniels was a great guest.
When you’re that pissed & compassionate about something pulsing in your brain & heart, you shouldn’t be censored.
Genevieve then don’t swear and get sued by the fcc on live tv. It’s that simple. If you want that to change, get out there and make it happen. But right now, that would have been a huge problem for Daniels, Colbert and the network.
Which other candidate is addressing this 20% that Jeff Daniels’ is talking about, other than Andrew Yang?
Jeff Daniels summed up the situation quite well.
The time is too short for this ridiculous number of candidates to still be squabbling in the public arena of debates. You need a system of forced attrition to trim away any candidate who has failed to gain traction by now, then bring a cohesive platform to the criminal enemy of the state A.K.A. Individual One.
I think most of these candidates are just fighting for a VP nomination. They don't have a chance at POTUS and they know it.
@@riverraisin1 The protracted dog & pony show was okay in the fifties but, with modern mass media and instant communication being the norm, this is going on too long.
The opposition needs to start being more sharply focused and defined instead of squandering the limited public attention span on infighting.
@@puirYorick Well said! I cringe at the infighting.
Jeff Daniels is an amazing actor, compassionate in his words and understands the people. Very much a good human being and the compassionate and understanding is what a great man and leader looks like. Everything else follows. Great man.
This man is part of the best monologue in history. First 8 minutes of the first episode of Newsroom 😍😍😍
Everything but the last line. Taking a pot shot at millennials when every policy that he was railing about was enacted/voted with baby boomers
@Abigail Slaughter Naw it still is. Remember that its socialists who make these estimations and it's obvious which countries they favor. More pertinently, the socialists that make these estimations aren't the ones who are hard done by the system, and haven't a clue the harm that large governments impose on people.
Better one in Network (1976)
Well said Jeff. Keep it up. People like you give us hope for America
the bands intro for him was amazing, i wonder if its there version of a song "a cover" or an original, which you dont hear often from them
Absolutely brilliant intro music, I to was wondering also how to purchase it, I loved the sound.
It reminds me of an instrumental called
Third Wind,
by Pat Metheny.
The section of the piece that I’m thinking of
is near the end of the piece.
Can anyone help me figure out how to like this video more than once?
Because THIS...is spot-on.
Create numerous fake accounts
You could always clarify what you called so much, so that others who agree can also register their likes.
"I love being Mensch-Like." A good ole Chelsea, Michigan boy.
Jeff I always love you- you and jim triggered my first anxiety attack (at age 5 ) with the clogged toilet in dnd. I look back and laugh, there were so many other irrational things that set me off so it wasn’t that on its own.
thank you for being you and talking about the important things. It still matters so much all these years later.
Best George Washington I ever saw.
Jeff Daniels for POTUS!!
Every kid in America should read this book!
catalinacurio We have in our English Literature classes in middle school as a reading assignment!
No
Jeff is my new favorite actor. His honesty is humbling
Damn Jeff, you nailed this.
Consumers only buy the cheapest shit, so it's not just the corporations who are to blame. Americans need to learn to look at themselves a little more closely.
Wow. I didn't know about the 87,000 statistic. What an absolute tragedy.
I didn't either. Funny how no one else has mentioned it.
I remember Michael Moore just after Trump's election pointing that out on MSNBC. A truly sobering stat (although you'd have to compare it to Republican numbers, etc)
Jeff Daniels is one of the most real, compassionate, common-sense people I've ever heard speak 'off-the-cuff'. And he's right on the money here! He said just exactly what I feel. So get out there Jeff and do some speaking gigs, because this country needs more people like you to stand up and help the 'ignorant' among us to make sense out of all of this insane b/s. Especially the young folks who have so much to lose if the insidious status quo is allowed to continue for much longer!
I love Jeff Daniels!!!!!!!!!
Ma-an, Jeff was livid at 05:23!
Sounds like Jeff Daniels might be interested in Andrew Yang
or Pete Buttigieg
I loved this interview. The one issue I have with it is.. "you gotta talk to that 20%, you gotta tell them you're not raising their taxes.."
As someone who makes less than 30K a year, please raise my taxes as long as it's for my own quality of life.
Taxes is gov. The gov doesn't pay for anything, it's just a collection of taxpayer money. I don't want a 3 trillion dollar military.. I want education, healthcare, clean air, beautiful trees..
Please. Raise. My. Taxes
@J Wil I really think he's that dumb. He's making under 30k a year and he wants the government to rob him even more.
So you pay for military now and want them to tax you more for a better quality of life? How about you ask them to do that with the money you're already giving them? The money they use to fight wars and bail out banks.
J wil, you can't UNDERSTAND, your not Democrat,!!
democrap
Ok, How is it that an actor, who claims to know little about politics, sounds more informed, sane and logical than most of your politicians that I am listening to from USA? What's with that? And why are your shows and interviews so short? Lack of attention or ...? Remember The Newsroom - that show you there didn't seem to like so much, because it used long sentences ? It made some really interesting points. And Jeff Daniels was amazing in it. But for some reason most people seem to recognize him from Dumb and Dumber... Oh well...
Being a resident of Michigan, Jeff hit the nail right on the head. That is the exact sentiment that I hear expressed from my friends, family, and coworkers. Democrats!! LISTEN TO JEFF DANIELS!!!
Much love Jeff Daniels, praying for humanity Brother
Thank God JEFF DANIELS is here to set America straight. We need more white Hollywood men telling us how to feel and vote! Kudos!
He's not at all what you call a "Hollywood man", but he's a damn fine actor. Not only that, he's also darn smart, knowledgeable and actually cares about people. We definitely should listen to him.
@@Liz86000 None of the things you've stated about his character are anything other than idealized notions of an individual. You're actually a mongoloid.
PoonSlayer69 Wow, you are twelve.... and ignorant as well, you can’t even distinguish what is true or false, facts or lies, or in this case true qualities in a man, not « idealized notions ». A perfect voter for Trump in a nutshell.
Jeff Daniels for president and trump to star in a dumb and dumber reality tv show.
One day you will understand NPC. Or maybe not
Amen Pete.... we could only pray and hope. PS unless it's a gag reel of Donnie trying to pronounce 2 syllable words & all the times he had toilet paper stuck to his knock off design shoe, I will never, ever watch ANYTHING to do with Donald Trump.
Oooh. Except for when he finally goes to PRISON. I'll buy the box set.
Instead of bringing old jobs back, let’s create NEW jobs for the people who got laid off. That way we don’t hurt American companies that American citizens are invested in ( but we should regulate them so they don’t mess up our environment and don’t abuse their investors) and we can allow those people laid off to thrive. There has to be some industries that can be made or created for this. Anybody got any ideas? I think solar power/wind power manufacturing facilities bankrolled and subsidized by the government could be an option.
"You sold my dead bird to a blind kid?"
_Harry Dunne_
Jeff gave the best heart felt non-politician speech I have ever heard publicly...
Huge respect....!!!
this is NOT the interview I expected but THIS IS THE INTERVIEW WE NEEDED! Wow! Powerful words from a very wise man who played the dumbest mfkr EVER! much respect
I got tears in my eyes..preach, brother. Preach.
BTW "Mensch" is another of these words most US-Americans believe to be Yiddish, while it´s actually German. It simply means "human".
It's cognate. It's both Yiddish and German, from a common etymological origin.
Well, no, not really. I mean, sure Mensch in German means human, but the word does exist in Yiddish with its meaning of "a good person" or whatever the exact definition is. Of course, the words have the same origin, I mean, Yiddish and German are pretty close etymologically. But when Americans use this word, they _are_ actually using a Yiddish word, not a German one, since they don't want Mensch to mean simply "human".
He says he doesn't know enough, and I respect that humbleness, but he definitely sounds as if he knows what America NEEDS.
Huh. Jeff Daniels was wrong; he actually does know some stuff about politics.
I’d love to be wrong, but given the current electoral college structure and the racial climate in this country, it’s difficult to see a democrat winning the 2020 presidential election.
I'd say it's hard for someone who's far left to win because the policies just aren't as popular, I think someone like Andrew Yang has a real chance. Dont forget Trump won by a slim margin in the previous election.
The left have gone full circle and turned into facists. Im happy with yang. If he isnt the democrat candidate then trump all the way .
@nick m. not if Trump actually builds that wall, slows illegal immigration, AND enforces laws against election fraud. Dems can only win if they cheat. As a native Californian, I have been saying it for years.
Nick DipaoloFan he's to busy smearing orange spray tan on his face and tweeting to get anything done don't worry whoever replaces him will be an adult and do real work
@@gameboypunk660 If Trump wasn't getting things done the Democrats wouldn't be so unhinged. He is turning the courts conservative, he is exposing the corrupt media, the corrupt democrat party, and shining light on all sorts of government problem.
Jeff Daniels for Democratic Debate Moderator Poll
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What makes Jeff Daniels so remarkable as a man and an actor is his combination of fiery passion and sober reason. Like his newsroom scene when he declares America is no longer the best country in the world. Acting 101. Even when he swears its because no other words give that condition justice. In Gettysburg, Good Night and Good Luck, Newsroom and To Kill a Mockingbird he is the actor of choice. Only Jeff Daniels could possibly compete with the great Gregory Peck as the iconic Atticus Finch. He is simply the finest actor active in the world today. If only he would run for President. Unfortunately for us, modesty is his greatest virtue.
Nothing dumb about that man... or what he just said. Hear here.
Wow, that was a bomb interview so glad to see this. Thanks.
"This isn't the greatest country in the world anymore."
whats ironic was that the corporations that helped the US into the most powerful economy on earth took their jobs elsewhere when the cost of doing business at home rose.
@@quiett6191 IT ISN'T. Those of us who were born in an honorable America in the 1950's, know this. These two people are the main reason why. UNBELIEVABLE
Yang Gang 2020!!
It was just pure sin for The Newsroom to be just 3 season show. Just Sin!!! But I Looooovvvveeeee❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ this man.
He's ABSOLUTELY right. We need a candidate who will have a solution to this issue of outsourcing.
Telling people you're going to bring their jobs back is all well and good, but wouldn't it be FAR better to give them REAL hope? Wouldn't it be better to say you're going to help create and give them jobs that CAN'T IN ANY WAY EVER be shipped off to some other country? Jobs that require people on site doing the work locally, not something that can be shipped in after it's already made?
What kind of job is that?
I think that's what he was implying. You don't necessarily have to lie and say you will/can bring back the old jobs (as he says Trump did). However you do need to talk to them. Give them alternatives (like what you describe above). At least let them know they're not forgotten and just looked down on as a statistic that doesn't matter because 'it's business'. That there is some sort of future for them or their kids.
We could create whole NEW industries by reducing our carbon emissions. They have the technology out there and they need people to work to incorporate saving the planet into our economy. If we do our part in OUR country those jobs would never be taken away, because we are saving ourselves.
@@--enyo-- Exactly. Go to them. Pay attention. Be honest. Don't just talk about compassion and patriotism, talk about policies that show it. They've been told too many easy, comfortable lies and hollow, empty promises.
@@alalalala57 Well, for instance, we need a HELL of a lot more bodies in the recycling centers (and more of them) to separate the different items and properly recycle them into new products. If the government is going to be on a green kick when we boot tramp, there will likely be more funding for things like that.
I love his passion, he's a man of conviction and I respect that wholeheartedly. I can tell he's not receptive to any progressive candidate but it does lay out that even passionate politically minded people like Daniel's can get lost in messaging about raising taxes vs. not having to pay insurance premiums/deductibles/copays/fees.
It’s amazing to see how unbiased late night tv has become these days. Clearly no political agenda at all.
#notmyhost
We just hit performance #400 here on tour tonight...can confirm that this show keeps your head working even this many shows later. Our cast is continually finding new things to try.
One of the great things of taking this show around different cities is seeing how different audiences react, and in different places. The school shows though? They're the best. Talk about an audience reaction.
5:22 Why is it censored? What was he saying there? It seemed like a really powerful moment but then it cut from him and the sound went out.
That is *HORSESHIT* , I wanted to hear what he was saying.
yeah, me too!
Jeff Daniels you hit the nail on the head. Democrats, Talk to us.
I'm from Ohio and majority of my state feels this way too
still one of the most profound interviews on Colbert, everything he said remains relevant, even after the election, as we watch this in 2021
Respect for Jeff Daniels just shot up 10,000% for me here, and you can tell he honestly means what he says from his very core 😊
Michigan, here. We love you Jeff. You represent us so well!
Jeff Daniels: "I dont know enough to be president"
5 min. later
"...and THAT is what's needed to a good president"