Daniel Day Lewis Quotes:

I'm not, like, Daniel Day Lewis. Yet. I will get there!

- Aubrey Plaza

topic: Daniel Day Lewis

I could do Daniel Day-Lewis's job as well as him.

- Laurence Fox

topic: Jobs, Daniel Day Lewis, Wells

I would make the tea on a Daniel Day-Lewis set just to observe how he crafts roles like he did in 'My Left Foot.' That was the equivalent of seeing Haley's Comet for me. I just couldn't understand how that was possible.

- David Oyelowo

topic: Feet, Tea, Roles, Haley, Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis is particularly a sort of beacon I've been following for some time. For God's sake, I'm not even in his league but he inspires me because he's not interested in playing himself; he's only interested in playing other people and the whole thing is like an adventure for him, it seems to me. It's some kind of spiritual exploration, which is an amazing, noble thing.

- Tom Hiddleston

topic: Spiritual, Adventure, League, Daniel Day Lewis

Stepping into the "shoes" of someone's life other than my own, great movies such as 'Cinema Paradiso,' scenic landscapes, the work of Daniel Day-Lewis, the books of Joel Goldsmith, traveling, doughnuts, ice cream.

- Reggie Lee

topic: Book, Ice Cream, Shoes, Daniel Day Lewis, Scenic

The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.

- Lucy Punch

topic: Actors, Chance, Admire, Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis and Sean Penn to me are the two best actors of all time. I'm just glad to have the pleasure to be in an era that they're acting while I'm acting. They're probably the best actors in my mind.

- Channing Tatum

topic: Two, Mind, Acting, Daniel Day Lewis

I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep.

- Rosemarie DeWitt

source: "The Features Of Rosemarie DeWitt". Interview with Amanda Mae Meyncke, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 27, 2012.

topic: Running, Actors, Doe, Daniel Day Lewis

On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off a UN plane on orders from Geneva. We had to get local journalists to transport the films in for us. I tell you this only to demonstrate that festivals can be a lifeline. But, after all the difficulties I'd had in getting there, in 1996 I found myself being flown in on a four-seater RAF plane as an official guest, endorsed by the British Embassy. Ironically, the film I was to present was Mission: Impossible.

- Vanessa Redgrave

source: "Vanessa Redgrave: 'I want to give people the jolliest time'". Interview with Michael Billington, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2012.

topic: Order, Iron, Four, Turned Off, Daniel Day Lewis

I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, Someone is pretending to do that? Thats so awesome! After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.

- Dominique McElligott

source: "Dominique McElligott HELL ON WHEELS Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 05, 2011.

topic: Feet, Parent, Mind, Discussing, Daniel Day Lewis

I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with Daniel Day-Lewis. It hurts me to say it because he's a Millwall fan, but I think he's fantastic.

- Alvin Martin

source: "Alvin Martin: 'Scousers and cockneys get on. It's the mickey-taking'". Interview with Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2011.

topic: Hurt, Thinking, Dvds, Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis would play me as a baby. He can do anything. Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt are fighting out for me now. And Meryl Streep will play me after the sex change. I haven't told you about that, have I?

- Ricky Gervais

source: Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. September 4, 2013.

topic: Baby, Sex, Fighting, Daniel Day Lewis, Sex Change

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

- Derek Magyar

topic: Real, Groups, Roles, Philip, Daniel Day Lewis

I meet Daniel Day-Lewis. He's just sitting in a chair on the set. Now, I had been told that Daniel Day-Lewis was kind of an intense person. And he's really not. He's really THE MOST INTENSE PERSON THAT HAS EVER EXISTED ON THE PLANET OF EARTH. He's not doing anything, he's just sitting in a chair, and I am terrified of him as if a jungle cat has wandered onto the set, like- WHOA! What do we do! Are we supposed to move around a lot or stay perfectly still?! What are the rules of Daniel Day-Lewis?!

- Paul F. Tompkins

topic: Moving, Cat, Earth, Daniel Day Lewis, Sitting In A Chair

Whats nice about my dating life is that I dont have to leave my house. All I have to do is read the paper: Im marrying Richard Gere, dating Daniel Day-Lewis, parading around with John F. Kennedy, Jr., and even Robert De Niro was in there for a day.

- Julia Roberts

topic: Nice, Dating, House, Marrying, De Niro

In Rome, I really wanted an Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday experience, but the Trevi Fountain was crowded, there was a McDonald's at the base of the Spanish Steps, and the ruins smelled like cat pee because of all the strays. The same thing happened in Prague, where I'd been yearning for some of the bohemianism of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. But no, there were no fabulous artists, no guys who looked remotely like a young Daniel Day-Lewis. I saw this one mysterious-looking guy reading Sartre in a cafe, but then his cell phone rang and he started talking in aloud Texan twang.

- Gayle Forman

topic: Reading, Holiday, Cat, Cell Phone, Audrey

Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.

- Sam Taylor-Wood

source: "Films of my life: Sam Taylor-Wood" by Roger Clarke, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2008.

topic: People, Age, Actors, Daniel Day Lewis

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.

- Chris O'Dowd

topic: Dream, Stupid, Taken, Daniel Day Lewis

One of the great pleasures of going to see a Daniel Day-Lewis film: you haven't seen him in five years. Where have you been? So, it's a special event, right? Well, if you want to go see a movie that I'm in, it still may be a special event for you, but, you don't feel like you don't know where I've been.

- Matthew McConaughey

topic: Years, Special, Events, Special Events, Daniel Day Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

- Les Claypool

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Actors, My Favorite, Planets, Daniel Day Lewis