As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.' Daniel Day-Lewis actorearlyelectrode Change image and share on social
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 difficultfindhour Change image and share on social
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 alivefilmfinish Change image and share on social
I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets. Daniel Day-Lewis filmlearnset Change image and share on social
There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that. Daniel Day-Lewis allybadlycharge Change image and share on social
I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious. Daniel Day-Lewis bitehateobvious Change image and share on social
I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already. Daniel Day-Lewis amountdealface Change image and share on social
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 actdecisionfinally Change image and share on social
One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible. Daniel Day-Lewis boyclassdichotomy share on social
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 colleagueexperiencelifetime Change image and share on social