Daniel Day-Lewis

“I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets.”

“Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.”

“I'm woefully one-track-minded.”

“Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.”

“My main memories of my father are of his illness.”

“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.”

“I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.”

“I like to learn about things.”

“I hate the domestic life.”

“Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.”

“Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.”

“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.”

“You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.”

“I became conflicted in my late teens.”

“Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.”

“Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.”

“I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.”

“There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.”

“Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.”

“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.”