How does one work with the likes of Jim Carrey and Robin Williams?
Jeff Daniels: We’re here because of Jim, or we’re here because of Robin. He got the movie made, so he’s got to score. You want him to score. You don’t compete with that. One of the things, probably the smartest thing I did in “Dumb and Dumber, was instead of trying to top or compete with Jim, I backed off and let Jim be the leader, which he was going to do anyway. My character was the follower. Wherever Jim went, I kind of went with him. That way Jim could lead the way and I could bounce off him, react to him. This one was a little different because Robin, in a way, is the straight man. Amidst all the things that go wrong with his RV, I’m another thing that goes wrong. He wants to get rid of me. In a way, it became easier, because when Robin starts to riff or go off, just put him in a headlock. He was kind of fearful of Travis, so I could kind of get in there. Robin doesn’t like to be hit, and if you tickle Robin, he’s gone, he’s disabled, he’s a basket case. You do a fair amount of si
