Day Lewis
Day Lewis
came lifting mistaken next storm suppose text
Suppose that we, to-morrow or the next day, / Came to an end - in storm the shafting broken, / Or a mistaken signal, the flange lifting - / Would that be premature, a text for sorrow?
age age-and-aging last love peak seems sky
Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast / And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit.
courage cut deck sang shall sings though wave
I sang as one / Who on a tilting deck sings / To keep men's courage up, though the wave hangs / That shall cut off their sun.
against bad dreams honest immortal lived logic subject
It is the logic of our times,No subject for immortal verse-That we who lived by honest dreamsDefend the bad against the worse.
moving government one-day
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.
creative age doe
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.
eye faces members
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.
weight fascination whole
The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we all have with weight.
taken years acting
Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
sticks cameras preference
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.
actors hard
It must be hard interviewing actors.
breathe abraham
It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
tangled trying stories
I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
vocation felt
I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.