How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

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.

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

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

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.

Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

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.

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.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.

I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge.

I spend many months in apparently listless rumination out of which I hope something will emerge.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing