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

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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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. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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The one thing that I appear to have been given, bearing in mind that I am capable of being very, very scatty and extremely lazy, is the ability to concentrate on something I choose to give my time to. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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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. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#always #been #before #behind #catching

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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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. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

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