186 Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis

When 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.

The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn’t it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time.

It’s a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

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.

Many years ago, I really didn’t know where the next work was coming from.

I can’t re-examine work I did in the past with pride.

I’m a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.

I’m not picky, quite honestly.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that’s all.