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Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm not picky, quite honestly. I'm not picky, quite honestly.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey. I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced. I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I depleted myself to the point where I had nothing left. I depleted myself to the point where I had nothing left.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies. Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue. To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Just stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you! Just stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you!
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish. I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name. It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites. For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I've been very lucky. I've been very lucky.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from. Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: It's easy to love humanity when you're this far away from it. It's easy to love humanity when you're this far away from it.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public. Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment. There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that. Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer. I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories. I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing. Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting. Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already. I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal ... has always been the work of other actors. For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal ... has always been the work of other actors.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I find it easier to work when it's quiet. I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I became conflicted in my late teens. I became conflicted in my late teens.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself. When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I hate the domestic life. I hate the domestic life.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation. I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead. I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I hate wasting people's time. I hate wasting people's time.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else! I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else!
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of. Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do. I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge. I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I like to cook things very slowly. I like to cook things very slowly.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out. I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: My main memories of my father are of his illness. My main memories of my father are of his illness.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I broke things to get attention. I broke things to get attention.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles. I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past. I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious. I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: We all live under some repression; we have to, it's part of the deal. We all live under some repression; we have to, it's part of the deal.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I like to learn about things. I like to learn about things.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve. At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful. If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot. The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I don't torture myself. I don't torture myself.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot. My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German. Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: God knows, I haven't always been successful. God knows, I haven't always been successful.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus. When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't? How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: It must be hard interviewing actors. It must be hard interviewing actors.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid. The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues. Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I can't re-examine work I did in the past with pride. I can't re-examine work I did in the past with pride.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime. I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people. I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm not keen on history being tampered with ... to any extent. I'm not keen on history being tampered with ... to any extent.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week. Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father. I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all. I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin. You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was. I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands. A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Actors should never give interviews. Actors should never give interviews.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it. If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character. A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people. I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing. There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln. It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets. I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm not actually a big musical fan. I'm not actually a big musical fan.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world long after the film is finished. I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world long after the film is finished.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing. I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable. Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I'm woefully one-track-minded. I'm woefully one-track-minded.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching. I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do. I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter. England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people. I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing. Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do. At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
Daniel Day-Lewis quotes: The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight. The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.

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