Top 100 Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

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

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

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.

I hate the domestic life.

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

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.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.