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.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

I'm woefully one-track-minded.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think,…

- Daniel Day-Lewis

When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

Leaving a role is a terrible sadness. The last day of the shooting is surreal. Your soul, your body and your mind are not ready at all to see the end…

- Daniel Day-Lewis

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

- Daniel Day-Lewis

I am more greatly moved by people who struggle to express themselves...I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to b…

- Daniel Day-Lewis