Daniel Day-Lewis Net Worth

Daniel Day-Lewis's Quotes

• [on acting] If I weren't allowed this outlet, there wouldn't be a place for me in society.
• I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe I'm somebody else.
• [on whether or not he will act in films more often in the future] Nothing happened over the course of making Gangs of New York (2002) that made me think, "Why don't I do this more often?".
• In every actor's life, there is a moment when they ask themselves, "Is it really seemly for me to still be doing this?".
• [on Martin Scorsese] Martin doesn't have to convince me about anything. I can only say that I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Marty once in their lifetime. If you get it twice, it's a privilege that you don't necessarily look for but you certainly don't try to avoid.

Interesting Facts about Daniel Day-Lewis

1. Ranked #25 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
2. Moving to County Wicklow, Ireland, he assumed Irish citizenship. [1993]
3. Was in a relationship with Isabelle Adjani from 1989 to 1994; they had one son together, Gabriel-Kane Day Lewis.
4. Younger brother of Tamasin Day-Lewis.
5. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1990]
6. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#11). [1995]
7. Several times offered and turned down the role of Aragorn (Strider) in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. The role went to Viggo Mortensen.
8. According to Harvey Weinstein, Day-Lewis was taking time off to work as a cobbler in Florence, Italy when Weinstein, director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio lured him into coming back to New York "on false pretenses" so they could persuade him to accept lead role in Gangs of New York (2002).
9. Describes himself as "a lifelong study of evasion".
10. According to Gangs of New York (2002) co-star John C. Reilly, he got sick during shooting in Italy, refusing to trade his character's threadbare coat for a warmer coat because the warmer coat did not exist in the 19th century; doctors finally forced him to take antibiotics.
11. On February 25, 2003, he announced that he would star in Rose and the Snake, co-written and directed by his wife, Rebecca Miller. The film was later renamed The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005).
12. Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [2003]
13. Is a skilled woodworker in addition to being able to make his living as a cobbler.
14. He listened to Eminem to get into an angry, self-righteous frame of mind as Bill the Butcher while shooting Gangs of New York (2002).
15. He was Jonathan Demme's first choice for the role of Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993). He turned down the role to work on In the Name of the Father (1993) and Tom Hanks was cast in Philadelphia (1993) instead. He earned an Oscar nomination for best actor in In the Name of the Father (1993), but Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for Philadelphia (1993).
16. Daniel's father was of Northern Irish and English descent, and was the son of The Rev. Frank Cecil Day-Lewis and Kathleen Blake Squires. Daniel's mother was from a Jewish family that emigrated to the United Kingdom from Latvia and Poland, and was the daughter of Michael Elias Balcon and Aileen Freda Leatherman.
17. He was the first of three consecutive British actors to win the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role. Day-Lewis won for his performance in My Left Foot (1989), Jeremy Irons being next with his performance in Reversal of Fortune (1990) and Anthony Hopkins the third for his performance in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Each of them coincidentally won with their first nomination at the Academy Awards.
18. Joan Allen plays his wife in The Crucible (1996). Emily Watson plays his wife in The Boxer (1997). Both have played Reba McLain. Allen played the role in Manhunter (1986), Watson played the role in the remake Red Dragon (2002).
19. Was considered for the role of Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ (2004), but director Mel Gibson thought he looked "too European". The role instead went to Jim Caviezel.
20. Frequently called the "English Robert De Niro". He has also referred to De Niro as his champion speaking of his biggest acting inspirations, along with Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep and Phil Davis.