Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewisis an English actor. He holds both British and Irish citizenship. Born and raised in London, he excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre, before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles. He often remains completely in character...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 April 1957
CityGreenwich, England
In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.
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.
Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.
I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
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 broke things to get attention.
You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film - you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.
When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.
The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
I became conflicted in my late teens.
Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.
My main memories of my father are of his illness.
The West has always been the epicentre of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It's to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon.
I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.