Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

I'm very passionate about what I do.

Everything I do is part of my passion.

Passion means finding a way.

I was never meant to, like, work and then turn it off and sit on the couch. I just have a vision, and I'm inspired by it. It's sort of what makes me tick.

The main thing I hope people see is how passionate I am about my work, and I know people talk about it, but I do work really hard on my stuff, and it means a lot to me.

Whatever you do, do with determination. You have one life to live; do your work with passion and give your best. Whether you want to be a chef, doctor, actor, or a mother, be passionate to get the best result.

People who love what they do get after it every day.

What drives me as a player? I don't know. I wake up and get out of my bed and I show up to work. I don't know. I couldn't tell you what drives me. I love what I do. I've got the best job in the world, if you ask me.

I don't have much in life but my work is what makes me alive.

Wanting something - wanting a career or wanting to make something - doesn't really mean much. It's about finding something you care about. Because caring is the only thing that really matters.

There's so many ways to be passionate about what you do.

I hope I never get complacent and continue to give my 100% to every film I make.

I'm passionate about what I do.

You can have a strong work ethic. Yes, that's going to take you far. But I think if you have a solid work ethic and a passion, that's different.

[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done.

Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.

If you're not prepared, and you're not passionate, and you don't push yourself to a level of human exhaustion on every level, mentally and physically and creatively... I've seen directors who approach it casually, and they do somehow maintain better hours... but I could never be that guy. I am up and editing all night.

I think there are very few people, in my generation at least, that are that passionate about what they do.

With out passion you don't have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

I was very, very eager to work. It's just the way I am.

And I don't like to work. I only like working when I'm working.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.