Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

Talked my head off Worked my tail off Cried my eyes out Walked my feet off Sang my heat out So you see, There's really not much left of me.

When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.

The hiatus you spoke about happened in 1998. I was somewhat numb from being out on the road every night. I had to stop because I was emotionally and physically drained.

No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself,--the most unwholesome of food.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

I don't think I can do this anymore.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

I wasn't even sure I'd be able to walk. I couldn't even go outside. Maybe I was just burnt crisp from the gruelling schedule I had been keeping for years.

When you give of yourself, it's draining.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out.

I'm working myself to death.

There are days when I am just dead on the floor, and I'm there in my makeup, and that's getting a little tiring.

I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

I'm like everybody else. I get tired sometimes.

The President is suffering from nervous exhaustion….He needs to rest for a considerable time.

We all get weary sometimes, and we tend to think that life is what makes us weary.

I can tell you with authority that when I'm exhausted, when I'm running on empty, I'm the worst version of myself.

You're constantly working and missing meals. You're away from your family, and you're doing it for, like, eight months.

I think I'm chronically exhausted.

The land of burnout is not a place I ever want to go back to.