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There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

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Daniel Day-Lewis
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 29
Actor
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
London
England
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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God knows, I haven't always been successful.
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I broke things to get attention.
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