Movie Legend Jeff Daniels Opens Up About Why He Turned His Back on Hollywood To Embrace a Humble Life in Small-Town Michigan

"The Brink of War" star Jeff Daniels has been on a media blitz to promote his latest project—stepping once again to the forefront of an industry that he has been a leading star of for four decades now. But when the press tour comes to an end and the movie hits theaters across the U.S., Daniels, 71, who stars as former President Ronald Regan in the upcoming drama, will retreat away from the spotlight, heading back, not to Hollywood, but to the idyllic Michigan suburb he has called home since 1986. Having spent a decade in New York City pursuing his career on stage and the big screen, the actor made the somewhat boundary-breaking decision to settle down far from Manhattan or Los Angeles, choosing to lay down roots in his hometown of Chelsea, MI.By then, the actor had appeared in major movies including "Ragtime" and "Terms of Endearment," and had earned a Golden Globe nomination for his leading performance in Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo."But rather than relocating to the center of the industry as his career continued to grow, Daniels chose the place where his own story had begun. Loading...Jeff Daniels had already broken into Hollywood when he made a decision that was high...