I would like to have children while I've still got the energy. But then I have the feeling that when I have children I'll stop performing in the same way, because you don't really need to perform if you have children. Daniel Day-Lewis More Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis More Quotes From Daniel Day-Lewis Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of. Daniel Day-Lewis capable inspiration knows I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching. Daniel Day-Lewis enriching landscape life-is Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues. Daniel Day-Lewis monologues acting people When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself. Daniel Day-Lewis hindsight decision made I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. Daniel Day-Lewis teeth storm feelings Leaving a role is a terrible sadness. The last day of the shooting is surreal. Your soul, your body and your mind are not ready at all to see the end of this experience. In the following months after a film shoot, one feels a deep sense of void. Daniel Day-Lewis leaving sadness soul The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid. Daniel Day-Lewis unsaid silence important I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else. Daniel Day-Lewis identity self believe I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion. Daniel Day-Lewis struggle beautiful people A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character. Daniel Day-Lewis voice reflection character Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing Daniel Day-Lewis fog film together For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors. Daniel Day-Lewis actors remember long If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it. Daniel Day-Lewis taken writing mean As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.' Daniel Day-Lewis grateful jobs thinking You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. Daniel Day-Lewis cinema roles life I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people. Daniel Day-Lewis competition hate people I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies. Daniel Day-Lewis spectators film doe At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve. Daniel Day-Lewis design lucky way I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out. Daniel Day-Lewis hours long rooms The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to. Daniel Day-Lewis lazy mind giving
