186 Quotes by Daniel Day-Lewis

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.

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

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 beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion.

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.

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 live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.