Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
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I used to go to all-night screenings of (Clint Eastwood)`s movies. I`d stagger out at 5 in the morning, trying to be loose-limbed and mean and taciturn.
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(on his reluctance to expose the mechanics of his acting process) It`s not that I want to pull the shutters down. It`s just that people have such a misconception about what it is I do. They think the character comes from staying in the wheelchair or being...
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[On accepting the best actor Oscar for `There Will be Blood`] This sprang like a sapling out of the mad, beautiful head of Paul Thomas Anderson.
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(on acting school) For a few years at school I tried to play the roles they wanted me to play, but it became less and less interesting to ponce around the place. Even now, when I sometimes think of doing a play, I think of rehearsal rooms and people huggi...
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(after filming The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)) I was hopelessly at sea. I was extremely unhappy most of the time. I think I probably felt I`d made a fundamental error in agreeing to do that movie even though it was the part and the film that eve...
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| Name | Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Age | 51 |
| Height | 6' 1?" (186 cm) |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Date of Birth | April 29, 1957 |
| Birthplace | London, England |
| Star Sign | Taurus |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Category | Irish Actor |
