Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes
I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
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The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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I just like music that I can relate to, something to listen to in my car.
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Richard Serra, the great sculptor, personifies an artist for me.
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I know that there are coaches who do end up sleeping on the sofa in their office.
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Some people are brilliant on the first take, some people are brilliant on the fourth take, and when you are doing a group scene, you kind of have to figure that out.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
