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
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 find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.
If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake... I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!
The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn't it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time.
I suppose that anyone who does any kind of creative work some time in their life - especially as you grow into middle age! - you come to a time where you really question more and more frequently, whether you have anything else to offer. And at its worst, you feel utterly bereft of whatever creative force it takes to do that work.
As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.
The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.
Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
It must be hard interviewing actors.
It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.