Daniel Day-Lewis says he didn't intend to retire: I never stopped loving the work
India, Sept. 12 -- Daniel Day-Lewis has opened up about returning to acting after a brief period of retirement, saying he "never, ever stopped loving the work". The 68-year-old, a three-time Oscar winner, had famously called it quits on acting after starring in the 2017 movie Phantom Thread.
But eight years later, he is back on screen, headlining Anemone, a film that marks the directorial debut of his son Ronan Day-Lewis.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, the actor said he felt a "residual sadness" as his son begins his cinema journey while he is "walking away from that."
"I thought, 'Wouldn't it be lovely if we could do something together and find a way of containing it, so it didn't necessarily require all the paraphernalia of a big production?'" he said.
Daniel also admitted that his hesitation or doubts about returning to the industry weren't because of a lack of passion or skill, but because of fear: "The work was always something I loved. I never, ever stopped loving the work. But there were aspects of the way of life that went with it that I'd never come to terms with - from the day I started out to today."
He elaborates, "There's something about that process that left me feeling hollowed out at the end of it. I mean, I was well acquainted with it. I understood that it was all part of the process, and that there would be a regeneration eventually."...
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