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Me Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis
- 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…
- I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.
- 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…
- You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin.
- I can't honestly account for the very personal response that I have to one story and not another, a sense of an orbit, the orbit…
- To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.
- Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse…
- 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.
- My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
- I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.
- It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
- There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
- I avoid talking about the way I work. But in avoiding it I seem only to have encouraged people to focus their fantasies about me…
- 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…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale