186 Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis

I find it easier to work when it’s quiet.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you’ve already taken a step towards it.

I don’t torture myself.

There must’ve been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

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.

When it comes to parenthood everyone thinks they will be terrible at it. We don’t think we have it in us. Then you find out that you do, which truly is a miracle in life.

Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don’t know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.

How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don’t?

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker’s workshop is not the place to express it.