I don't torture myself. And I do the work because of the pleasure involved. I'm satisfying a compulsion I find nigh-on irresistible. It's not necessarily because of the work itself. I just feel the need for a period of regeneration afterwards. Like leaving a field fallow when you've grazed too much on it. I feel depleted.
Daniel Day-LewisPerhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
Daniel Day-LewisHow people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
Daniel Day-Lewis