I don't torture myself. And I do the work because of the pleasure involved. I'm satisfying a compulsion I find nigh-on irresistible. It's not necessarily because of the work itself. I just feel the need for a period of regeneration… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid. — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
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… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the… — Daniel Day-Lewis Copy Share Image
