I watched Last of the Mohicans earlier this week, and was watching Gangs of New York Earlier today, so i read up on our lad Daniel Day-Lewis and read that he has a very strict form of Method acting. He spent weeks and weeks (months even?) in the wilderness living as his character would in the 18th century for Last of the Mohicans. For Gangs of New York he only wore his period authentic clothing even in the cold winter months (he was begged to wear a modern coat, he only finally did after he gathered up a case of pneumonia).

I have to say, thats some pretty serious dedication, even for an actor. It pays off i suppose, his performances are rather good. He's kind of like Tool, puts out a product like once a decade.

Id like to hear other commentary on this guy.

he played a man with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" and he was amazing. i work with folks with disabilities and he really nailed the spasmodic movements of a person with cerebral palsy...i can't imagine that is easy to do. he even got the speech part down.

i've liked every part he's played.

check out "the crucible." he was actually one-upped by joan allen, who i think won a supporting statue for her role as his wife, but the movie is great.

My favorite performance of his is as uptight and sensitive Cecil in A Room with a View. But even if he's in a dog of a film, I always know I'll enjoy his contribution.

I think his performance as Bob the Butcher ranks among the best villainous performances in cinematic history.

The guy is probably a total asswipe when the cameras stop rolling, but goddamn, the guy is quite an actor.

Parch, I think I'm gonna agree with you on that.

I'll second that. DDL was ELECTRIC in this. I liked the film, as well, in all its overly operatic glory. I can see what Scorsese was going for here, and it was lost on alot of people.

He was Peter Jacksons first choice for Aragorn in Lord Of The Rings but turned it down.
I would have liked to see him in that part.

I think his dad was a respected Classical scholar.

I wonder if him turning down the part had more to do with the year and a half principal photography shoot than the actual part. That's an incredible commitment.

I can only imagine the type of preparation he would have done for such a role, knowing how extreme he gets with such preparations. I can imagine him living for a good year before principal photography as Aragorn might have, in the wild, walking around with a big sword.

Favorite Character Portrayals
1. Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman
2. Danial Day-Lewis as William Cutting
3. Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke

His performance in In the Name of the Father was spectacular. I've read that he's a difficult person, but he's one hell of an actor. How he lost the Oscar for Gangs of New York is well beyond me. His performance in the opening scene alone should have garnered him some type of award.

DDL could very well be the best actor of our generation

wow, i didn't know that.

Wow. Didn't know that...woulda been interesting..

Y'all should see 'In the name of the Father'

He's amazing in it and it's an incredible movie.

Irish people say y'all too? I didn't know that.

I do when i'm talkin to americans

and you don't have to be Irish for your blood to boil after watchin this movie...

I happen to find this statement very, very offensive

cause tool phones it in when they make their once per decade release?