When You Actually Become the Character - Daniel Day-Lewis
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the best actors. With three Best Actor Oscars across three different decades, a handful of the most iconic performances ever seen on screen (There Will Be Blood, Gangs of New York, My Left Foot, Phantom Thread), and the honor of knighthood, there aren't many that can compete with him. But what he does is so much more than acting, as he truly transforms into the character. He took what Marlon Brando did with method acting and kicked it up a notch, becoming the character throughout the entire film production.
We're talking about using only one foot while on set, spending a few days in a jail cell, and even dedicating a year to learning how to make dresses for a role. This is by far the most interesting actor we've done a deep dive on. If you thought Christian Bale was dedicated, then you're in for a ride. So today we're diving into all the best moments of Daniel Day-Lewis' career both on and off-screen, that really prove he's one of the best.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Rise to Fame
07:11 - Busiest Decade
11:31 - Most Iconic Roles
16:41 - Best Actor Ever?
Sir Daniel Day Lewis. Most Oscar Wins. There Will Be Blood. Gangs of New York. My Beautiful Laundrette. A Room with a View. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. My Left Foot. Christy Brown. The Last of the Mohicans. Age of Innocence. Martin Scorsese. In the Name of the Father. The Crucible. Winona Ryder. The Boxer. Leonardo DiCaprio. Bill the Butcher. The Ballad of Jack and Rose. Daniel Plainview. Paul Thomas Anderson. Nine. Lincoln. Steven Spielberg. Phantom Thread.
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Yes he's the best thank you for your video.
Sir Daniel Day-Lewis deserves his own biopic, portrayed by Christian Bale.
100000000000000000000000000000000000000% couldn't agree more
saw your comment on the christian bale video LMFAO
even better. Himself.
What a joke….
How about Sir Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed by Christian Bale and Christian Bale portrayed by Sir Daniel Day-Lewis?
In case you didn't know, this man has 12 solid films as lead actor, 6 of them he was nominated as best actor and won 3.
That's the most solid career of all time.
Only competition I can really think of is the infamous John Cazale, five films, five nominations for best picture.
Great actor, several good movies, always stole the scene...but for me personally it will always be Bill the Butcher...absolutely amazing
@@elijahalbiston
That is not the same. He was a supporting actor who was in some great movies.
@@castlerock58 Did I say it was the same? Sit down and pay attention.
You still need to have incredible skill in order to get cast in those films, work with directors of that calibre, and deliver a performance that's up to said standard.
It's not on the level of DD, but it's a comparison, and the only competition around for being in that many great films with that many nominations.
Jack............12 noms.....3 wins
Hephburn 12 and 4
Streep........21 and 3
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!
It's one of the greatest lines ever in a movie.
He's basically playing Bill The Butcher 😂😂😂
I DRINK IT UP!
he stole and drank a milkshake before shooting that scene
just so he can say it with full passion LOL
DRAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNAAAAAGGGGEEEEEEE, DRAINAGE, ELIAH YOU BOY........
He's Bill The Butcher in that scene!
There's only one thing you didn't stress enough in my opinion: he's SO DAMN good at doing accents!
without knowing who he was I remember being impressed and mesmerized by his performance in Gangs of New York. The way he play a character is very different compared to any other actors out there, after I saw Lincoln I realized that he acts like there are no cameras around him, no audience to impress, just him being the character.
I wholeheartedly agree! I first saw him in Last of the Mohicans when I was fairly young and I remember that being the first "serious" film to really resonate with me and have a lasting impact. The soundtrack still does.
I saw Gangs of New York years later and had no idea it was the same person on my first watch. My Stepdad still gives me **** for that lol!
“The Will Be Blood” is a film I can never forget solely because of Day-Lewis. Master performance👏🏾
I agree, absolutely unforgettable. In my opinion it's the greatest performance in cinema history.
Excellent comment and i completely agree. He was outstanding
I never cared for it, no redeeming qualities in that one dimensional snooze fest 😴😴😴
It's a real humdinger!
Yes. Each of his roles changed me one way or the other. "There Will Be Blood" was a shock to me. I could not stop thinking about the main character.
As far as I am concerned, Sir Daniel Day-Lewis is without question the greatest actor of his generation. There are a ton of solid actors and actresses, and some truly great ones as well, but I am hard pressed to think of a single one that has the range, devotion, and seemingly innate ability to not just portray a character, but to actually become another human being. It is unreal. Add in that he leads a quiet life free from tabloid scandals and seems to be a genuinely kind and caring person... The man is a role model.
Agreed
The person I think who comes closest is Tom Hanks. Hanks has been in a lot more movies, and he can do comedy which I have never seen DDL do, but his performances in Philadelphia, Castaway, Private Ryan, Gump, and Perdition are right up there with the best acting ever.
@JayLandon64 Had him in mind actually, and others like Sidney Poitier, Robert Duvall, Meyrl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, etc. 😀
Tom Hanks, Glenn Close, Joaquin Pheonix, Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman come to mind.
@@C_Melvyn_James Actually watched a video on Joaquin right after my last comment and was all "Damn, why didn't I think to put him?"
John Malkovich and Gary Oldman come too. 😄
it is kind of sweet to hear that he loved portraying Lincoln so much. No one like him!
I've seen his biggest hits. This is by far my favorite because he brings to life someone that we've only read about.
@@forceghostburtreynolds7597 reading this comment broke my brain
A galaxy of actors will come and go, but no one will ever be able to match Daniel Day Lewis' acting prowess. No one!
The closest anyone has come is Cristoph Waltz, his performances in Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained are as close anyone has gotten to DDL's in There Will Be Blood and Gangs of New York
Nah man, Philip Seymour Hoffman could do it all. And there are a ton of great actors on Daniel Day Lewis level. He just was extremely selective so it was a whole thing when he went to act.
De Niro better
@@DaleFCB10waltz is great but overrated he’s a one note actor
@@EJD339To assert that there are numerous actors with the same talent as Daniel Day-Lewis is both misguided and inaccurate. Although one could argue that Philip Seymour Hoffman or Heath Ledger might have enjoyed equally successful careers if not for their untimely deaths, such discussions belong in a hypothetical realm. Only a few actors, such as Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, and Joaquin Phoenix, are near Day-Lewis' level. The rest are talented but do not come within a 100-mile periphery of his acting ability.
Daniel Day-Lewis is definitely among the few greatest actors. I'm glad he loved Lincoln the way people who have studied Lincoln do. His portrayal of Lincoln was like no portrayal at all.
Definitely *
Not Definately.
It's really interesting seeing the difference between two of my favorite actors in Lewis and Anthony Hopkins. Lewis is famous for being method to the point of insufferable where Hopkins has said that he doesn't remember a line after its committed to screen. Different approaches, different people, amazing results all around.
I showed my elderly father There will be blood. About half way through he whispered “that man is gone”.
I said yes he is totally immersed in the character.
As a fellow wood worker I am going to tell you right now, none of us are surprised by that, there is no greater skill that gives you a sense of accomplishment and is pleasurable to do on all of your senses. The smells, touching, and obviously the ascetics of it.
You know someone has perfected their craft, because whenever I see him acting, I don't see Daniel Day-Lewis, I see the character; I only see him when people remind me it was him who played the character. That makes for a successful actor, it goes beyound being typecast, it goes beyound being better known for the character you play than the real you, it is succeeding at your objective to subvert reality and see only the character.
There are people who have great unyielding dedication and then there's Daniel Day-Lewis.
What If Disney didn't buy 20th Century Fox
It would have been better
We wouldn’t have gotten X-Men and Fantastic Four in the MCU.
@@ivanraphaelarosa2369almost wished we had the mcu without Disney owning Marvel
It would be worth it to not have MCU in order to have non-Disney Star Wars 7,8,9.
There must be a timeline where it didnt
Daniel Day is totally extraordinary. He’s convincingly down to the core in every role he plays. And ‘ My Left Foot ‘ put him on the map for eternity. Not an easy movie to watch, but worth it because of him.
I get the impression that each film took a big bite out of him.
There's only so many times you can put yourself through a process like that.
At the least, the satisfaction he got from it would start to decline, even if the quality of the work didn't.
In a world that no longer values quality, it's great to see the odd individual who still does.
THE G.O.A.T
His Gangs of New York's portrayal still haunts me to this day.
An actor should always find the parts of their characters that are different and challenging to their own persona and interests and use that vessel to become a better version of themselves. This is this gift of articulated empathy. To TRULY walk in the shoes of someone apart from yourself.
I can't tell you how much I have learned about myself from learning about the things I am not.
Bullseye! Well stated.
marvelous! I'm writing this down along with your nick
Christian Bale should be added to this. He is mega committed to his roles!
We got a whole video on him at his most dedicated moments!
The machinist alone should earn him a top spot on the method actor list
@@Grandmaster-Kush what he did for that role was insane
I was going to comment this. Between DDL and CB there's not a clear winner. I mean 100lbs between Bale's fattest role and thinnest- and let's not forget his Batman physique in the middle somewhere.
Both actors have dedication that leaps out in their work.
Legends both .
Was just talking about these 2 and Gary oldman being amongst the best actors
Many actors have played an even greater range of characters with great craft, yet none have played such a range of dynamic characters to such depths
What an amazing human being. His portrayal of Bill the Butcher and Hawkeye in Last of the Mohicans were incredible. He is one of my favorite actors with Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart.
“He is a man of focus… dedication”
Bill the butcher and Lincoln were simply amazing. 2 of my all time favorite movies
I knew of Daniel Day-Lewis before, so thanks for this in-depth video on his career. 💚
Sending this to my brothers, new movie marathon approaches 😎
It's incredible how all of the rolls that he immersed himself in during the 90s all came together in the single character of Bill the Butcher!
Kudos to all the people on set who supported his performances by handling him in-character.
It's got to be frustrating to have to contend with a co-worker who may treat you with harsh mannerisms, require you to physically carry them, etc. Especially when you know they could choose not to do those things and are make much, much more money than you.
Gangs of New York is one of my personal favorite movies for the ages, for several reasons. Sets, costumes and cinematography, together, combined as one of them. Another is narrative and storyline, together, as a singular reason. Another main reason is ensemble cast with Brendan Gleeson and Daniel Day Lewis being the main standout performances for me personally. The final main reason is how well the character of Bill the Butcher was both written and portrayed. The movements. The demeanor. The manner of speech and inflection with tone of voice. Everything about the character is perfectly what that character is supposed to be. His acting is so good, he almost ruins the performances of two other astoundingly talented actors by making their chops in front of the camera seem almost lacking next to his own performance. It is only the nature of the characters they both were playing that rescued the dynamic on screen. I'm speaking of Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz. It isn't often, if ever, you will see DiCaprio upstaged by anyone or Diaz either, for that matter. A beautiful, nearly perfect masterpiece of a film. I try to remember to watch it once a year, around Christmas time. The reason I chose the Christmas season is that the film fills me with a feeling that is emotionally contemporaneous to the wonder of Christmas cheer. I have been awe-struck by the greatness of this movie every time I've watched it.
Day Lewis should've won his 4th Oscar for Phantom Thread.
9:23 "he also lost 50 pounds or 23 kilograms" you have earned yourself a sub for this. Thank you so much! It can be frustrating to have to google or open calculator to understand what some of those imperial numbers are in a European perspective. Thank you, genuinely.
Great video on the literal GOAT of acting!
I give credit to my 8th grade English teacher. She was a huge DDL fan, but I had no idea who he was. This would have been around 2001-ish. We read The Crucible, and then watched the movie. I was mesmerized since I had never seen anything like that before. On another random day she showed the class The Last of the Mohicans, and I loved his performance again. Thank you Mrs. Bowling wherever you are! You were the best.
love this! 😊
Phantom Thread is in my top 3 films ever, ahead of There Will Be Blood etc. I absolutely love it and Day-Lewis' performance is flawless. Truly a crown jewel in his illustrious career.
He's one of the rare actors that while watching you forget who he is. He truly becomes the character he is portraying.
I've heard his name many times, but never had a face of him. I've seen several of these films, but had no idea it was him. Now I understand why; they are such different characters I couldn't even imagine it was the same person doing them. True brilliance!
4:00 'My Left Foot' then paved the way for "My Left Foot Of Fury" [Jim Carey / In Living Color: Season 3, Episode 10] An Absolute Masterpiece! 😁👍
One of the greatest actors of all time hands down.
How could you wear a glass prosthetic over your eye? The risk of a corneal ulcer, potentially costing you an eye, is massive. Refusing treatment for pneumonia to stay in character? Living without electricity for months?Building your own cabin? Learning to make canoes? Going without water for 3 days? Excuse me?... This man is, undoubted, one of, if not THE, Greatest Method Actors of all time.... BUT BUT BUT... He's also BAT FRIGGEN CRAZY!
that is not method acting, method acting is using YOUR life experiences and memories and choices to make choices for the character, it is NOT becoming the character
I'm with the Great Anthony Hopkins when it comes to Method Acting. "It's called acting; the ability to encapture the role when the director yells action and cutting it off when they say cut". He basically said it's a buncha BS and even other actors have said it's all too much. I personally understand doing research and doing a few things off screen to help the chemistry on set. But staying in character and going to extremes off set to a level that could be considered lunacy is a bit much to me.
Didn't stop Sam Rami in the original Evil dead. Or have people stuck in very uncomfortable places for hours on end
Gary Oldman is a worthy contender for best actor of all time
And perhaps the greatest honor: In Dublin our tramline is called the Luas, but many affectionately refer to it as the Daniel-Day.
love that!
Danny Lewis killed 241 men during the filming of Gangs of NY….he’s that serious an actor.
whupsydasy
@FilmStack really well done! Thoroughly enjoyed that and learnt a lot about an icon. I appreciate you.
Only 70000 subscribers? This is a wonderful portrait of DDL. Makes me wanna watch some of his lesser know films. Great job, hope you get some more credit for your work!
Jesus... this man is just... otherworldly impressive. I loved him in Gangs of New York.
First timer here! I enjoyed the video and subscribed. Cheers!
This guy must fly under the radar. I'm over five decades old and i've heard this guy's name but I couldn't tell you one movie hes been in.
Brando, Pacino, Nicholson, Hopkins, Hoffman, De Niro, Denzel, Oldman, Bale, Di Caprio.
your voice is so pleasant I didn't mind the ad and I ALWAYS skip the in-video ads.
I always wanted to see i friedirich Nietzsche biopic with Daniel as Nietzsche
This was a beautiful review of Daniel, I want to watch some of the movies of his I hadn't even heard of now. Thank you
His performance in Gangs of New York was incredible. Bill the Butcher is one of the most terrifying characters ever put on screen.
Hands down, my favorite actor. There will be blood is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Such dedication to the craft is what makes phenomenal artists.
I'm so happy I've saved up watching three of these films - Gangs of New York, Lincoln, and the Phantom Thread - till now, bet you'll wonder why...
honestly have barely seen any of these films but this vid convinced me how brilliant he is as an actor. i will definitely be watching them all now 🤩
I remember watching in the name of the father for the first time. I was a kid at the tine at it just came on tv. I was so immersed watchin the film and for the life of me couldnt work out who the actor was. I knew who lewis was but did not recognise him. When i saw the credits i realised and from then on, i always regarded him as the greatest actor ever... legend
great video. every word is spot on. good work man.
I honestly believe Daniel is a better actor than Brando, who I consider to be overrated. In Brando’s performances, you’re always aware that it’s him. In his later performances, you can also tell Brando didn’t put 100 percent effort into his roles. Daniel, on the other hand, disappears into his characters, giving all of himself.
Boy oh boy, I respect anyone's opinion but you are so wrong... Don Corleone is nothing like Kurtz, or Superman's father. I understand what you are saying but it is like lemons and oranges. First of all, very different time, second very different actors. Brando is more a natural actor while Day-Lewis needs to 'become' the character he plays. Yes that is dedication behond anything but that doesn't make him a 'better' actor, just a different. Don't get me wrong, I really believes he is one of the greatest actors EVER but to state tha Brando is overrated you need to watch movies BEFORE Brando took the scene ;) He changed everything
@@diegovb1145 The differences between Brando’s characterizations are superficial at best. They lack sufficient depth. This is especially true in his performances after The Godfather. You can often tell that his mind is somewhere else, taking away from his performance. I’ve seen many movies before Brando. Brando perfected the art of mumbling, but I personally would take Paul Muni or John Garfield over Brando any day. I’m not saying Brando was a bad actor, but he was vastly overrated.
The fact that he won another oscar only one to two movies after he won the previous is wild
It gives me chills when i think about how good he was in Gangs of New York.
Another famous performance that rivals that one was also done using method acting. It is Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in Batman.
Yes, he simply is! No one can touch his prep or the style in which he delivers his performance!
Now I think he is one of the greatest actors of all time, just by watching this video :)
There Will Be Blood is one of the finest acting performances in the history of film. He was so intensely terrifying. He brought out the best in each of his fellow actors. Paul Dano was brilliant.
I didn’t know what he looked like until I was into film, just knew his name, mans such a legend I just didn’t recognize him
In every movie I've seen him in, Daniel outshines every other actor. I find myself slipping into whatever time period and place his character is in.
Kind of scary, like taking a roller coaster ride, he gets my total attention. ❤
I came by Lewis's work when I watched In the Name of the Father, and I really enjoyed his performance, and I noticed that this was one serious actor. After that I've watched as many movies he acted in. He is simply one of the best actors I've ever had the pleasure to watch. When he takes on a character he becomes that character. Another method actor which challenged himself to the point of almost no return was Joaquin Phoenix when he starred in Joker. Method actors are the best at their craft.
Also I forgot to mention no can ever be said to have played Lincoln better than Daniel Day Lewis. He literally was at that moment in time Lincoln. Just incredible acting. If you ever wanted to go back in time to meet Lincoln you don't have to, just watch the movie, and you will come away knowing Lincoln a whole lot better.
He is absolutely amazing and dedicated. Not just a actor a true artist.
He will be remembered as one of the actors of all time.
Daniel Day - Lewis was spectacular in "My Left Foot"...crazy talent
There will be blood is such an amazing film
Bill the Butcher man.. I have rewatched Gang’s of New York possibly 100 time’s
Yes.
Without a doubt he's the greatest actor of our time, perhaps even in the top 5 of all time.
Gangs of New York is criminally underrated.
As Bill the Butcher, he was more terrifying than any villain I'd ever seen in film.
Most excellent! Subbed.
I became a fan after Last of the Mohicans. To the point where I made the trip to Lake George, NY to see the fort where some if the battles took place. Fort McHenry sits on the pristine land right by the lake. Even the song Promontory is played throughout the museum. Promontory is the theme music from LOTM.
I wish I could meet him to shake his hand and thank him personally for sharing his art with us.
You HONOR us with your effort and talent Daniel Day-Lewis. 🎉❤
English massacre - "Method acting". Method acting simply means developing a method to get into the character. It does not mean necessarily remaining "in character" offset or when cameras are not rolling nor does it mean having to do physical transformations. In fact there is no specific definition because true method acting means developing one's own method.
These other things all fall simply under descriptors such as "staying and character" , researching character-subtext etc.
Why it has become popular to use words without understanding their true meaning is an interesting social study.
Is there a better short name for it? I genuinely would like to know, I have been saying it wrong. I think it is just ignorance, like how people use the word "OCD" they don't think about what it even means or look into it, but I think a lot of people out there will work towards not saying things incorrectly if they're corrected. I try to do that at least, people just have to not follow what is popular to say, like "petty" got changed too lol wtf. Historically "people" would use existing words and have double meanings, but they didn't overwrite the existing meaning, that's the sad part these days. Feels like a war on language.
@@hughmcgown We are looking at a degradation of language as social media homogenizes people to the level that can be shared - which is always the lowest common level. During the previous eras people of more unique cultures, or who shared in specialized knowledge, were relatively isolated. This allowed them to maintain their specialized vocabulary which, when shared more broadly, they could maintain the definitions for. So, in the case of method acting, one would learn about method acting from someone who had expertise (or at least formal exposure) to the crafting of acting skills that method acting falls within.
More simply put, some things are better left to the experts to define. - High acting craft is an exclusive disclipine that most people lack the talent to pursue and the access to a truly informed instructor who could instruct them properly.
- In recent months I've noticed a popular usage of the word ''notorious'' that is incorrect. People mean to same ''famous'' or ''acclaimed'' yet have picked up the idea that ''notorious'' shares the same meaning as those two words - although the meaning runs at a right angle to the definitions of those ideas.
"Staying in character" is the best we have for defining what most people believe in ''method acting''. This does not mean that someones' method acting could not included ''staying in character'' but rather that it very well could. Also, some who stay in character fail to discover their ''method'' of crafting their acting that would allow them to explore their character on a deeper level.
Hes definitely one of my favorite actors. Him, leo, Adam driver and Tom hardy are probably my favorite actors of this generation. Shia LaBeouf is another great actor.
Honestly I’ve bin quite tired of actors lately but Daniel day Lewis is what I would say is an actor man never misses
He is truly great, one of the absolute greatest.
Thank you Sir !!
Paul Dano and Daniel were marvelous together in There Will Be Blood
I convinced that DDL career is just preparation for his last acting role as a method actor
The man is THE BARD 💯
Imagine how good our movies would be if every actor had this dedication
Singularity the best actor of our times. Period.
He is in fact one of the best actors of my lifetime.
I love him! He's not full Celt I'm only 77% but we love stories and song and a good joke! Daniel you are amazing!😊
Every movie he had a lead role in , he was amazing. There Will Be Blood was my personal favorite.
Wow.. I cant believe its already been 17 years since There Will Be Blood came out. From a method acting perspective, I would like to see how Daniel Day-Lewis would approach playing the joker.
Out of all of the ways he went method I actually think staying in a jail cell for at least a few days, makes alot of sense.
Really love your videos where you go through an actor's filmography. I'd love a vid on someone like Eric Roberts, who's been in like 700 films, that's be really interesting
Yes!
He should have four best actor Oscars. He was superb as Hawkeye in The Last of the Mohicans. Actually, he should have five, another one for Bill "The Butcher."
One of the Great Ones!
He hasn’t just accrued hobbies and talents
But extreme survival skills both physically and on the land Very Clever Fella! Wish I had those skills!!
To this day, Last of the Mohicans is still in my top 3 favorite movies of all time.
Excellent video
I was 6 when my dad saw Daniel Days performance for the first time.
I had a Mohawk for a month.