Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

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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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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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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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When did you last have fun being dignified?
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For eight years, I was sleeping with the president, and if that doesn't give you special access, I don't know what does!
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I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is thanked by their jibes, is an interesting character.
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I don't know if I've ever played a character who's close to me. There have been some elements of myself in different roles. Sometimes, I show one side of myself and then completely conceal the other.
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When I look at a pie chart, I just go numb.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.