Daniel Day-Lewis
I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.
Daniel Day-LewisThe last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.
Daniel Day-LewisThere's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.
Daniel Day-LewisI 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-LewisI suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
Daniel Day-LewisEverybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
Daniel Day-LewisI feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
Daniel Day-LewisIf people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
Daniel Day-LewisI would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
Daniel Day-LewisI don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not live as a hermit, though other people would prefer it if I did.
Daniel Day-LewisAt a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.
Daniel Day-LewisI'm not always doing this work, but whatever I'm doing when I'm not doing this work seems to be as much a part of this as anything else.
Daniel Day-LewisI think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
Daniel Day-LewisI try to honor that bargain that I made with myself that I wouldn't do this work unless I really felt the need to. I just didn't see the point.
Daniel Day-LewisHow people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-LewisMy life doesn't feel separated, divided into two parts in the way that it apparently seems to most other people.
Daniel Day-LewisI hate wasting people's time.
Daniel Day-LewisMy curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.
Daniel Day-LewisWhen I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it.
Daniel Day-LewisI'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world long after the film is finished.
Daniel Day-Lewis
