Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Working, Greater, Pace

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

Experience, Working, Wish

I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Power, Felt, Vocation

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Warrior, Pursuing, Roles

I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
Daniel Day-Lewis

History, Extent, Keen

I'm not picky, quite honestly.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Quite, Honestly, Picky

I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Try, Tell, Stories

I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Learn, Film, Sure

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

Long, After, Often

I'm woefully one-track-minded.
Daniel Day-Lewis

I've been very lucky.
Daniel Day-Lewis

I've got a serious-looking head.
Daniel Day-Lewis

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

Chance, Might, Interest

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Place, Spirit, Express

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

Writing, Means, Story

Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Hope, Place, Ireland

It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Life, Possible, Breathe

It must be hard interviewing actors.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Together, Easy, Making

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Work, Next, Coming

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Curiosity, Period, Shoot

My main memories of my father are of his illness.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Father, Memories, Illness

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

Someone, Top, Camera

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Time, Away, Acting

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
Daniel Day-Lewis

Time, Small, Last

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actor

Born: April 29, 1957

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