All Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
- I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious. Bit
- England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or… Came
- I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing. Aware
- 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… Chin
- It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make… Anything Worthwhile
- Actors should never give interviews. Actor
- For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites. Construction
- For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other… Actor
- How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. Affect
- I had a very vivid, almost hallucinatory moment in which I was engaged in a dialogue with my father. Almost Hallucinatory
- I hate wasting people's time. Hate
- I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced. Been
- Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that. Hope
- 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. Feel
- The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy,… Ability
- A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands. Guy
- At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do. Age
- Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German. Accent
- How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't? Children
- I became conflicted in my late teens. Became
- I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already. All
- I don't torture myself. Funny
- I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I… Difficult
- I hate the domestic life. Domestic
- I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all. All