DDLwon the Best Actor Oscar based on his performance in this photo alone.
Daniel Day-Lewis' version of the "To be or not to be" monologue from "Hamlet" is approximately seventeen hours long, including a twelve hour stretch where he does not speak, but expresses the entire breadth of human emotion by merely moving his right eyebrow.
In The Crucible, Daniel Day-Lewis was
cast opposite unknown Paul Scofield. During a pivotal scene,
Scofield forgot his lines. Daniel Day-Lewis then turned into
Paul Scofield and finished the scene, earning a Best
Supporting Actor nomination for Scofield.
Nobody has ever actually met DDL. He has spent his entire
life living in character.
Daniel Day-Lewis keeps all of his Oscars in the same place.
That place is called Fort Knox.
DDL's DNA contains a chromosome solely responsible for Acting prowess.
Daniel Day Lewis once acted War and Peace, a novel containing over 250 characters, as a one man show. He brought down the house. Literally. The theatre collapsed from the riotous applause that followed the performance for three days.
DDL does not ad-lib. He rewrites the entire script.
For The Last of the Mohicans, Daniel Day-Lewis intentionally contracted malaria during filming. He refused medical treatment and during his death scene in fact actually died. He then came back to life and told director Michael Mann that he wanted to do another take, as he "just didnt feel it was authentic enough."
Daniel Day-Lewis does not break character. He breaks your heart.
The First Rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The Second Rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Daniel Day-Lewis.
Daniel Day-Lewis' sorrow is insured by Lloyds of London for 3.5 million dollars.
DDL's birth certificate shows he was born April 25th, 1957. United Kingdom news archives show a 6-pound, 5-ounce asteroid crash-landed in London on that same date.
Daniel Day-Lewis was scheduled to appear on Inside the Actors Studio, but his appearance was cancelled when it was discovered that James Lipton erupts into persistent uncontrollable sobbing whenever in DDL's presence.
By now everybody knows that Borat is really Sasha Baron Cohen. What many people don't know is that Sasha Baron Cohen is really Daniel Day-Lewis.
You know that scene in There Will Be Blood where DDL drinks like a gallon of water 'cause his character is hung over? They did 42 consecutive takes of that scene, and each time the jug was filled with a different clear liquid, including white vinegar, ammonia, ethyl alcohol, and Clorox bleach.
DDL’s behavior was so bizarre on the
set during the original filming for Stars and Bars that the
original director left production in 1988. Ten years later,
DDL gathered & edited all film, reworked a few sequences and
released the film in 1998 under the title, Fear & Loathing in
Las Vegas. He is listed in the cast under two separate
pseudonyms, Johnny Depp and Benecio Del Toro.
In order to cry for scenes, DDL imagines what the world would
be like if there were no actors.
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*NEW* Despite never having played sports, ddl was given the part of Rick Vaughn in Major League. The part then went to Charlie Sheen when DDL was drafted in the first round by the Yankees.
Daniel Day Lewis is actually a man acting as a woman who is acting as a male actor just to make acting more challenging.
Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as an IRA terrorist in In The Name of the Father was so moving, it inspired a cease-fire in Northern Ireland that lasted several hours.
Daniel Day-Lewis once acted his way out of a paper bag, a tank of water infested with pirahnas, and seventeen feet of iron chains locked with an intricate system of padlocks while dangling from a helicopter flying over the English Channel.
Chewbacca was actually played by DDL. Acting is so programmed into his DNA that it changed it's own composition in order to grow hair over his entire body for the role. DDL's quote in regards to this, "Costumes are for Halloween and Foreplay."
Daniel Day-Lewis turned down the role of Andy Dufresne in
The Shawshank Redemption, saying that the part was "too
easy." However, he did eventually take a part in the film,
playing the Pacific Ocean.
Daniel Day Lewis' therapist once said that
all he does is "act out." Daniel Day Lewis then left the
office without a word. He spent the next five years becoming
board certified in psychotherapy. After being elected
president of the board, he successfully petitioned to have
his ex-therapist's license revoked. Daniel Day Lewis is now
Professor Emeritus of psychology at Oxford University.
DDL was banned from the World Series of Poker because of the inability for other players to read him.
*NEW* DDL and Chuck Norris are kindred spirits.
DDL actually runs an acting school in Tuscany. The lone pre-requisite for admittance is to stare into DDL’s eyes for five seconds without making a profound, visceral, audible core reaction. The school has remained unattended since Day One.
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