Daniel Day-Lewis

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish. ”

I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent. ”

We all live under some repression; we have to, it's part of the deal. ”

My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one. ”

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do. ”

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world long after the film is finished. ”

I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing. ”

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. ”

I love what I do. ”

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people. ”