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

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
Actor
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Film Actor
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London
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Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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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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I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.
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A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
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I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.
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