Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes (102 quotes)

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„I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.“
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„When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.“
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„As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.“
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„You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.“
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„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.“
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„Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.“
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„We all live under some repression; we have to, it's part of the deal.“
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„Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.“
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„There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.“
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„The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.“
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„Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.“
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„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.“
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„My main memories of my father are of his illness.“
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„Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.“
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„Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.“
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„It must be hard interviewing actors.“
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„If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.“
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„I've got a serious-looking head.“
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„I've been very lucky.“
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„I'm woefully one-track-minded.“

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Author born: April 29, 1957
Nationality: British
Author Profession: Actor

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