My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

Daniel Day-Lewis

It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

I'd like to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

I'd like to thank my parents for not practicing birth control.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

This is your life. Now go make it the one you've always wanted.

This is your life. Now go make it the one you've always wanted.

Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I've never been bored.

Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I've never been bored.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.

I still relate to my father very much. I mean, I talk to him in a certain way, as we do talk to the dead.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.

I hate the domestic life.

I hate the domestic life.

For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.

For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

I'm not picky, quite honestly.

I'm not picky, quite honestly.

I've got a serious-looking head.

I've got a serious-looking head.

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.