Daniel Day Lewis

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

— Daniel Day Lewis

You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film -- you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.

— Daniel Day Lewis

Being at the center of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence -- the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

— Daniel Day Lewis