Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I would like to direct.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.
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You need to make things and not be so precious about whether they're any good or not. Because I have a secret for you: they're not good. They're flawed, and you need to find out what the flaws are as fast as possible.
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I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.
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Steakhouses sort of have this old-school nature to them; they're like museums full of good food. It's fun hearing the waiter share his expertise on the different cuts of beef and how they're going to cut up your baked potato.
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I hate the domestic life.
