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I've been very lucky.

Daniel Day-Lewis

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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
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I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.
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I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
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