I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so its no problem for me to believe that Im somebody else.

Quote by Daniel Day Lewis

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I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for...

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed...

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working...

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working...

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...