Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

You have to be focused all the time.

The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

I'm always focused.

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

Discipline is remembering what you want.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.

Focus is the secret to success. Focus and enjoying whatever it is you're doing.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

The people who work with me know how focused I am, and so I would advise people who are not concerned with me to rather focus on themselves instead of focusing on my focus.

The more focused you are, the more powerful you will be in the long run.

It's so hard for me to focus on things for a long time that I'm not incredibly passionate about.

I have always stayed focused, working to the fullest.

The one thing you can control is effort.

If you work hard at something, you can forget everything else.

There's people who can, like, dive into material for hours and hours and hours and work on one tiny little specific thing without getting bored of it. Learning how to do that was, like, very useful.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

I can focus on what seems to be the most boring things for days at a time.

Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.