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A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
Actor
Artist
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
London
England
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
Character
Reflection
Deep
Personal
Voice

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England is obsessed with where you came from, and they are determined to keep you in that place, be it in a drawing room or in the gutter.
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I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.
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I suppose that anyone who does any kind of creative work some time in their life - especially as you grow into middle age! - you come to a time where you really question more and more frequently, whether you have anything else to offer. And at its worst, you feel utterly bereft of whatever creative force it takes to do that work.
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I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
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I like to cook things very slowly.
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I'm not picky, quite honestly.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Leaving a role is a terrible sadness. The last day of the shooting is surreal. Your soul, your body and your mind are not ready at all to see the end of this experience. In the following months after a film shoot, one feels a deep sense of void.
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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.
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I can't re-examine work I did in the past with pride.
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I've been very lucky.
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Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually surprised at the resurgence of the impulse to come back and do it all over again.
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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.
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A lot of guys in jail tattoo their hands.
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How can you be a recluse in a house full of children, even if you had the inclination to be, which I don't?
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My life is devoted to self-delusion - and I have a great capacity for that - but it's the thing that gives me the most pleasure, so I can't complain about it.
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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
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I've got a serious-looking head.
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