Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
-
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.
-
I would like to direct.
-
The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
-
Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
-
People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
-
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.
-
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.
-
It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
-
I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
-
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.
-
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.
-
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
-
I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
-
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.
-
If you're trying to impress a girl, go with something that doesn't look like you're trying to impress, but you should still make an effort. It goes back to what you're comfortable with. Look like you're there with interest.
-
Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
-
I was a pretty wild kid, and I probably lived 48 years in my first 20. But I always seemed to have a true line of faith for some reason.
-
I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.
-
I hate the domestic life.
