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Daniel Day-Lewis
British
Actor
Born:
Apr 29
,
1957
Always
Life
Me
Time
Work
You
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I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Life
Savage
Me
Determination
My Life
Trouble
Drunk
Seed
Some
Mostly
Years
Getting
So Many Years
Many
Conscious
I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Pretty
Foolish
Fail
Idea
Soon
Like
Learned
Essential
Being
At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Life
You
Design
Way
Evolve
Some
Point
Get
Which
Your
Lucky
Things
Chance
I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Life
Day
My Life
Single
Live
Every
Enriching
Single Day
Which
Landscape
Every Single Day
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
Wish
Once
Colleagues
Would
Martin
Martin Scorsese
Lifetime
Scorsese
Any
Working
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
Work
You
Yourself
Demanding
Situation
Nothing
Worse
Charge
Finding
Finding Yourself
Ally
True
Piece
Knowing
Very
Than
Person
To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Me
People
Defined
About
Entirely
Know
Untrue
Who
Things
Number
I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else!
Daniel Day-Lewis
Me
Problem
Somebody
Believe
Else
No Problem
Developed
Highly
Self-Delusion
Suppose
Capacity
I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Time
Relationship
Strange
Think
Feel
Passing
Really
Aware
Wasteful
I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Love
People
Sit
Listen
Watch
Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Speak
Accent
German
Germans
Just
I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Myself
Try
Tell
Tend
Tangled
Up
Get
Stories
Storyteller
Really
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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
You
Strange
Shoes
Situation
More
Take
Feel
Vulnerable
Off
Times
Which
Strange Things
Your
Things
I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Me
Denial
Some
Developed
Part
Highly
Performer
Suppose
Denies
Very
Form
I like to learn about things.
Daniel Day-Lewis
About
Like
Learn
Things
Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Work
Know
Coming
Years
Years Ago
Where
Really
Next
Many
The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Time
Small
Foot
Been
Left
Last
Set
Last Time
I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Thrive
Think
Some
Greater
Than
Pace
Much
Working
Actor
I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Made
Harvey
Spite
Because
Film
I hate wasting people's time.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Time
Hate
People
Wasting
I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
Daniel Day-Lewis
You
People
Live
Hermit
Other
Way
Though
Would
Know
Impression
Quiet
Did
Place
Prefer
Might
How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Life
Director
People
Every
Everything
Detail
Around
Does
How
Affect
Movie
Really
Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Everybody
Know
Capable
Themselves
At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Work
Me
Age
Would
Became
Just
Certain
Certain Age
Apparent
Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Day
Thoughts
Week
Throughout
Well
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.
Daniel Day-Lewis
Work
Me
You
Living
Difficult
Honestly
Related
Extremely
Visual
Would
Find
Rate
Recordings
Prospect
Know
Because
How
Audio
Doing
Were
Dull
Historical
Very
Any
Quite
Being
Where
Process
Available
Avoid
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