Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming.
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I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
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The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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I don't think about my mom when I'm onstage. I just don't really think about my kids when I'm working, and when we press stop and I walk outside, they're the first things I think about.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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All the sounds on 'Trapped in the Closet' - the knockin' on the door, when I grab the keys, when I walk down the stairs, the car horns - we sampled all of those things around my house.
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Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.
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Was there ever a nation on God's fair earth civilized from the bottom upward? Never; it is, ever was, and ever will be from the top downward that culture filters. The Talented Tenth rises and pulls all that are worth the saving up to their vantage ground.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
