Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.

I'm a grown woman. I can come up with plenty of things that I've done and said or didn't say or failed to do that remain with me as sources of embarrassment.

Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.

Few men would dare to read their own autobiography if all their deeds were recorded in it; few can look back upon their entire career without a blush.

The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.

Decree of Self-Reproach

I act the way I act and I'm not proud of it.

Listen, not all of us are proud of what we say or do at times.

There are many things about my life that I wish had been different and that I still find difficult to live down.

Do I have some regrets? Of course.

I felt like I did lots of crappy work in the past. I can't even tell.

You?' is all I can manage to choke out. 'Always me,' she replies softly, bashfully. 'Who else?

I don't much like to look back with the idea that I was doing it wrong then or I'm doing it wrong now.

I haven't done anything that I'm ashamed of.

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

Doubt is the brother of shame.

I don't look back on any film I've done with fondness or pride.

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly.

It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago.

Regrets? I think everyone has regrets, and people who say they haven't are either liars... or narcissists.

I was not really as good as I should have been.

I hate the past - especially my own past.