Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewisis an English actor. He holds both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre, before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 April 1957
CityGreenwich, England
I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
I've been very lucky.
I'm not actually a big musical fan.
Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.
You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin.
Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.
I don't feel my son should pay the price for what I do.
Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in terms of scrutiny and analysis. There's a lot of rather specious professorial stuff that swirls around films.
I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.
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 in the gutter.
I'm not sure you learn anything on film sets.
There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.
Actors should never give interviews.