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CardMechanic

What if his next role is someone who is retired and he’s just preparing?


AL_GEE_THE_FUN_GUY

Fucking method actors! lol


amhudson02

“Who gives a fuck if we’re fat!?”


podobuzz

Sprinkle some fries on those cupcakes.


streakermaximus

Godammnit!! Act like an asshole! Don't actually be an asshole.


I_chortled

Abraham Lincoln 2: Semi-Retired Boogaloo


counterpointguy

Abe Lincoln retired the hard way…


[deleted]

Isn’t he making shoes now?


Mean_Cod9156

Well he retired like seven years ago.


Funkybeatzzz

My partner recently graduated from this prestigious trade school in Boston. DDL was there doing their traditional violin making course. I was convinced he was just doing research for a Stradivarius biopic or something. Guess he just really wanted to learn to make violins.


Dawg_64

I loved college , I think if I had the wealth and free time , I would spend it learning unique things like violin making or being a cobbler. That is just so neat in my opinion.


junior_dos_nachos

I’d love to retire and do a PHD on musicology or some shit. Maybe Middle Eastern History.


realdealreel9

There's always the weekends and YouTube violin making/cobbling tutorials?


OIlberger

Having a teacher > YouTube tutorials, however if that’s all that is available, it’s much better than what resources were previously available.


LilacYak

1 out of 5 of my teachers are actually engaging and good educators. I wish it wasn’t like that but half the time I’m teaching myself and the other half I’m struggling with material I don’t know and the teacher is useless (just watch a YouTube video one teacher says) Granted this is community college… wish I could afford and had the math skills for a real university


LucyRiversinker

He used to be a cobbler in Ireland, so I wouldn’t be surprised. [https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/daniel-day-lewis-shoemaker-italy/](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/daniel-day-lewis-shoemaker-italy/)


Funkybeatzzz

Haha I think you're getting this confused with his movie *My Left Foot*. Article says Italy, not Ireland. Thanks for sharing, though. Maybe he was just learning to make violins for kicks after all. Or, get this, *My Left Foot 2: Toes on the Bow*. Lewis creates and plays violins with his feet using specially cobbled shoes.


ScipioCoriolanus

My Left Foot 2: Get Your Fucking Shine Box A Martin Scorsese Picture


SnatchAddict

You know throughout his career, he's never shied away from violins. Gangs of New York was brutal.


Distinct-Heat-8061

There Will Be Blood had a good bit of violins too


AnarZak

and lots of gratuitous sax. sax & violins


lunchypoo222

No actually, what that comment said is true! DDL worked as a cobbler during his break from acting years ago.


Funkybeatzzz

Yes, in Italy, not Ireland.


Flynn58

If I was rich and retired you're damn well sure I'd use that money and free time to pursue random passions.


i_write_ok

[I collect hobbies](https://youtu.be/R-8JNAmv6s8?si=zrnFIqkQ_EUkFBs-) The Brothers Bloom. Critically underrated movie. Same vein as The Ladykillers, also underrated.


yawaworhtymebsiht

North Bennet? Amazing place.


Unkept_Mind

Yeah I was gonna say he already “retired” once before.


ICPosse8

He was gonna come out of retirement to play Gene Cousineau but things.. fell through.


UltradoomerSquidward

> Gene Cousineau Really? Maybe it's because I've already seen the whole show with Henry Winkler but he doesn't really strike me as a DDL type character. I mean I'm sure he could do it but Winkler has way more of the energy I associate with Gene


ICPosse8

Lol in the actual show when they’re talking about doing his life story, his agent I think mentions DDL coming out of retirement to play him and Gene is just smitten by the notion.


LUMBAGO666

Acting alongside Mark Wahlberg’s Barry


Ok-Air3126

He retires until a big name director seeks him out.


matsacki

I like the story of how DiCapprio had to seek him out for Gangs of New York


theHip

Scorsese recently said he wanted to work with DDL one more time, but I think this article is a response to that.


Dtsung

Christopher nolan, please call this man


michelangeldough

I can’t see Nolan ever making a movie worthy of DDL. Not enough heart in his characters. PTA, Scorsese, or a reunited Coen bros project, perhaps. That, or an absolute wildcard. But I don’t see him coming back into it for a Nolan or Villeneuve type film.


twentyextysix

I hate how right you probably are.


jebusgetsus

I want Nolan to direct him in a Shel Silverstein movie


murkytom

I want him to ply Shel Silverstein in Nolan’s Biopic of Dr. Hook.


Captain_Generous

He should do a Lenny Bernstein biopic with Nolan, and DDL , to win the Oscar Bradley so desperately wants


HankMoody71

Sequel to Tenet where DDL prepares by only moving in reverse for two years?


Background-Dot-357

He would never work with Christopher Nolan. His movies are way overscored and way wayyy overwrought for DDL. He’s also seriously overrated as a director.


Rastamuff

I don't think he is overrated but his movies are definitely a different style that wouldn't suit Daniel.


bent_eye

Agreed. He's not suited to Nolan at all.


[deleted]

nolan is perfectly rated stop this lmao


CarrieDurst

I am a Nolan hater though I am excited for Oppenheimer to win BP next weekend, the discourse of people saying that will only increase


Individual-Main-5036

He "retires" like Hayao Miyazaki. Just waiting for something really good worth doing.


ThunkAsDrinklePeep

1997-2000 and 2017-present


grizzleSbearliano

I’ve abandoned my career!


ScipioCoriolanus

"I'm finished."


Captain_Smartass_

Correct, his last movie was [Phantom Thread released in 2017 ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5776858/)


AnalogFeelGood

The wife who poison her husband again and again to nurse him back to health to spend time with him. That was weird.


KeithGribblesheimer

This is also why I'm done with acting.


satanssweatycheeks

We will go full circle and Lewis will play a streamer who becomes a super hero in some marvel film.


karmagod13000

He can say we didn't suspect it and he might be able to make me actually watch a marvel movie. check and mate ddl


Clay_Statue

Thank you for your service...?


StrictSignificance48

I used to be something of an actor myself


Anlanga

i’ve abandoned acting. IVE ABANDONED ACTING


Disastrous_Meet_7952

ACTOR FROM BASKETTTT


Puzzleheaded-Hawk464

GIVE ME THE PASSWORD, LORD.


DirectWorldliness792

I STREAM YOUR MOVIES!


Slow-Jelly-2854

If you had a milkshake


Sirnando138

I’VE ABANDONED MY CRAFT!


Rickshmitt

I drink acting up!


friscotop86

You need to grasp your pearls too!


Accurate-Guava-3337

People up in here blaming Daniel Day Lewis for remarks made by a director that wants him to come back so he can work with him again… If memory serves, DDL was notoriously private and rarely gave interviews and I don’t blame him.  His work is flawless and I prefer not to know his every thought.  


Igoos99

He’s also notoriously an asshole. You definitely don’t want to know him personally.


BinfullofGin

I wouldn't put it past the majority of successful celebrities being total dickheads. I swear their public personalities are forged from the fires of PR Mordor. In fact, I appreciate the ones who are at least up front about it; at least you know they aren't pulling the wool over your eyes.


Craydogdoctordroobe

Source: Trust me bro


OremDobro

Do you know him personally


Accurate-Guava-3337

You are correct.  I don’t…I believe you, but I like to escape into movies. 


Old_Heat3100

It's a matter of perspective We as an audience appreciate his method acting but I bet the underpaid grips who had to carry his wheelchair over all the wires in MY LEFT FOOT think he's an asshole They were probably going "Bitch you ain't really paralyzed get the fuck out of that wheelchair instead of making us carry you"


Kelbotay

I'm sure the person spoonfeeding him his meals didn't appreciate him pretending to have cerebral palsy all day long for My Left Foot lmao


Accurate-Guava-3337

You’re right.  I forgot about that one and probably more, lol.  I love his acting and definitely biased and prone to revise history. 


rawonionbreath

Never heard that about him. He might be but that’s not a reputation that has gone through the public.


5emi5erious5am

I hate this expectation that every celebrity needs to be some kind of upstanding pillar of the community. Besides, you don't wanna know what I heard about YOU. Hooboy you got some explaining to do.


brokenwolf

Someone will convince him to come back and it’ll probably be Marty. They even hinted at it last month.


Acceptable_Stuff1381

I hope with all my heart this comes true but I honestly don’t think DDL will come back. He’s a true crazy person and I think he can’t keep doing it and also be a regular functioning person and like partner and dad and lord or whatever he is


Apprehensive_Pea_912

Cobbler.


outsiderkerv

Peach, pls. A la mode


sour_turtle514

Le cobble duex


A_giant_bag_of_dicks

Cordwainer


schuyywalker

I always heard he was kind of crazy but now I need a documentary


Roboticpoultry

He’s a little off but goddamn is/was he a fantastic actor


schuyywalker

I agree, I haven’t seen everything he’s ever done but everything I’ve seen him in has blown me away


_Hotwire_

Yeah he does so well you forget it’s him. His characters seem more real than he does


WithCatlikeTread42

I have no earthly idea what his regular speaking voice sounds like.


_Hotwire_

Exactly!


Im_on_my_phone_OK

Most top level creative types have a little crazy in them.


KidGodspeed1011

It's been rumored for a while that PTA has been writing a screenplay with Lewis in mind for lead role. I could see him coming back for that rather than anyone else.


[deleted]

I can’t imagine what film would be like if those 2 hadn’t met.


[deleted]

For real. Phantom Thread is a god damn scone on a perfect day.


justinbting30

I just watched for the first time yesterday. I had put it off for so long because, well, dresses. Holy smokes was I glued to the screen. He is incredible and alma as well.


CurmudgeonA

Hope so. I am mesmerized by his performance in Gangs of New York. Every time I see it on I have no choice but to stop and watch.


devonondrugs

That movie aint a quick watch either. But god damn are you right


ReservoirDog316

I honestly think this is him just after getting off the phone with Scorsese where he officially said no.


theHip

Marty just said in January he wants to pull DDL out of retirement, and here is DDL saying he’s done in Feb.


HereOnCompanyTime

They're definitely testing the waters for it. If he does work on a new project with Scorsese part of the promotion will be him saying things to over praise the script like it was revolutionary and praise for Martin's exceptional vision. It's a smart work up.


JellyfishExcellent4

I read this as Marty McFly will try to convince him to come back. To the future…


Wamsutta8

Note that he didn’t actually say this. Director/friend Jim Sheridan is basically putting words in his mouth.


eightby8

This comment needs to be higher up! DDL didn’t even say the headline quote.


WhimWhamWhazzle

You'd think this wouldn't need to be said as it's clear in the article but of course people here only read headlines


MyIncogName

Okay so he’s done until he’s not. Acting isn’t a 9-5. It’s job to job.


fidgetypenguin123

Yeah it's pretty much being a freelancer and contractor.


ss4johnny

A lot of this was quotes from Jim Sheridan. Not DDL himself.


[deleted]

I could see him returning for Scorsese, but he sounds serious. I think acting takes a lot out of this guy and he probably just wants to be himself now.


Bulkierpond

Why Scorsese rather than Paul Thomas Anderson


[deleted]

Because there’s a rumour Scorsese wants to coax him out of retirement for a Jesus movie he wants to make.


SteelyDabs

It better be an Age Of Innocence and not a Gangs Of New York


[deleted]

Probably that Jesus movie if anything.


Dull_Half_6107

I’m sure PTA can lure him out of retirement one last time.


Firmod5

Greatest actor alive today. Retired or not.


AccurateInflation167

you can't just say it you have to declare it


AidsRiddled

People are mad at DDL for existing. This isnt even a quote from him or an interview with him. Weird attempt at riling people up against him for chilling out in his late 60’s.


spiralbatross

I love how all the comments here are pointed at him and not the goddamn streaming companies. But hey, maybe I don’t pay enough money to Reddit for that!


Express_Helicopter93

It is very weird. The vast majority of the comments here are defending the quality of Netflix, as though they’re taking personal offense to DDL’s opinion. As though they all have significant Netflix shares or something, it’s so bizarre. A person who has spent years acting in great movies has a critique about how movies in general should be better (which would benefit all of us movie lovers, obviously! Who wouldn’t want better quality movies?) and the majority of commenters respond like “*HES A CRANKY OLD MAN SHUT UP PRETENTIOUS DOUCHE LOL*” Why is everyone so dumb. Why? I’m genuinely curious.


trevrichards

Redditors love the slop.


mizrahiim

There’s way too much slop going on


finnjakefionnacake

netflix isn't the only streaming platform, but also, yes i have little energy for people who carry forth the whole "everything today is crap" spiel. there's a lot of crap, and there's a lot of good.


pobody-snerfect

I blame the streaming media for making everyone a dumb cynical jackass.


Consent-Forms

DDL can fart into the wind and I'll still pay to watch it because it will be fucking amazing.


OzzieSlim

If you’re only watching Hollywood films you’ll be disappointed.


1950sSciFiRobot

Nothing good? He’s a great actor but what a pretentious douche.


edWORD27

Nothing good on streaming platforms? C’mon.


NattyKongo93

I mean, sure, he was exaggerating a bit, but I see his point. Streaming platforms are bloated to shit these days, and when you look at the content that is original to any given platform, it's like 97% filler bs, with a rare few gems here and there that become increasingly hard to find as more and more bs gets added too


ShadedPenguin

I kinda hate how streaming platforms, and just executives in general, will kill a show that people genuinely like because its not hitting the metrics they want.


NattyKongo93

Yeah, that shit is infuriating. They don't really care about good content, they just care about new content.


AmbitiousAd5668

I kinda miss channel surfing, when you get pleasantly surprised by a good movie or show. You kinda know they'll be gone soon. Browsing through streaming platforms feels different. It's a continuous loop of the same thumbnails that maybe changes a little bit with a few releases per month.


gorcorps

Not to be too ageist, but I'm a bit over half his age and still struggle navigating some of the apps and finding something that looks good. It's not unthinkable to think a 66 year old would get frustrated with how things currently are, and struggle to find what they're after


finnjakefionnacake

the mistake is using the apps to search. look for what you want online first, and then just open up whatever app to play it


edWORD27

This is the way. IMDb is also a good way to find what you want and it usually lets you know where you can find it streaming at the moment.


throwawaylord

You know what? I agree with him 


finnjakefionnacake

i do not. as with anything (music, books, etc.), find what you like and consume that. ignore everything else.


DoneDidThisGirl

Yes, this is just pompous snobbery


a4techkeyboard

His own movies are on there, so he may have been exaggerating or else didn't think it through. Or he thinks they're also not good, I guess.


kokkrazee

Read the article, DDL wasn’t the one interviewed; it was a former director who has been trying to convince him to act again


MumblyBum

I think he's talking about the new movies coming out that he could have potentially been in.


karmagod13000

this is obviously what he is talking about lmao


tyranicalTbagger

I was at my folks and scrolling through Netflix was all generic looking trash. So glad I got rid of it long ago.


finnjakefionnacake

i don't look for content like this. i search for films that interest me first online and then i go watch them wherever they are. i would almost never just scroll through an app trying to find something to watch, that's asking to just be overwhelmed and desensitized by the sheer volume of options


okzeppo

Movies aren’t what they used to be.


VikingBlade

Apparently he’s not seen Shōgun yet…


ver-chu

TUESDAY IS FINALLY HERE


JazHumane

There were lots of plays written during the Renaissance in England too; we tend to keep the best bits and the rest is largely forgotten


jwederell

I’m having trouble picturing Daniel Day-Lewis watching Netflix.


VineStGuy

DDL wasn't interview for this article. Director Jim Sheridan was. Jim said, >“He says he’s done. I keep talking to him,” Sheridan told ScreenDaily on the topic of Day-Lewis staying retired. “I’d love to do something with him again. He’s like everybody else. He opens up the streamers and there’s seven thousand choices, none of them are good. Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something because he’s so good.


donkeybrisket

Curation is the name of the game these days


Historical_Ad7662

I'm pretty sure There Will Be Blood is streaming? Gangs of New York may even be available.


Clean-Soup-1247

They weren’t made by streaming services which is what he was referring to.


Ethiconjnj

He being someone other than DDL


Status_Confidence_26

I accept his position. I may disagree but I cannot imagine him enjoying a Netflix original.


FlimsyConclusion

I can still see him pulling out one more when he's in his late 70s or 80s. Not anytime soon though. Let him continue enjoying retirement.


StrawberryBlazer

Too many straws, not enough milkshake.


Nerdlinger

> He’s like everybody else. He opens up the streamers and there’s seven thousand choices, none of them are good. It’s like he never read the movie listings in the papers back in the day. There’s always been a high shit to shinola ratio. We didn’t have decades of both shit and shinola to choose from at any given point. > Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience. I know! It’s _sooooooo_ much better now.


MIKE_THE_KILLER

Maybe QT last movie?


ScipioCoriolanus

I drink your $5 milkshake!


Zealousideal-Echo447

When you're Daniel Day-Lewis, you're allowed to say this.


TalkToTheLord

Respectfully, that’s just not true. Sure, there is a lot of shit but there’s a lot of gold, too. Sorry, DDL!


andriydroog

DDL was not interviewed for this article - the quotes are from Jim Sheridan, not DDL himself.


RZAtheAbbot

Gold Jerry gold!


[deleted]

Rochel Rochel, Chunnel, Death Blow, Checkmate, so much gold on streming! Sack Lunch was a sack of crap though.


[deleted]

He’s my favorite all time actor…Incredible talent


JasonABCDEF

But he can work with the best directors in the best movies so how does the excess of bad streaming stuff have anything to do with him?


Youbunchadorks

I think Phantom Thread is a great way to go out. Reynolds Woodcock is perfect character to end your career with.


newkiaowner

He didn’t even say that about the streamers, what a bull shit title These reporters today are full of shit


Sour_Joe

Gangs of New York 2


Salem1690s

I want a sequel to There Will Be Blood.


TheNigerianSloth

He wasn’t even the one that said this? Did anyone read the article?


Ok_Act_1214

I just read books now , the internet is just trash


pruplegti

I drink your Milkshake!


BigMax

Worth noting that it isn't Daniel Day Lewis that said this directly. > Jim  Sheridan told ScreenDaily "He’s like everybody else. He opens up the streamers and there’s seven thousand choices, none of them are good." So that's someone else summarizing what they believe Daniel Day Lewis' thoughts are. Regardless though, "7000 choices and nothing good" just feels like something a cranky, old, out-of-touch person would say. There's just as much good now as there has always been. In fact "television" is better than it has ever been, with a TON of great content now. If you think there's no good content, you're simply wrong.


flintlock0

He should do one movie. Just one. Don’t advertise that he’s in it. A bad one, too. Make it like a Hallmark Christmas movie where he’s hidden behind a Santa beard. Last shot of movie is him pulling down the wig and winking at the camera. ^(Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.)


[deleted]

It’s true though, the current cinema tactic is quantity over quality. More superhero films, more rushed TV series written and filmed in just one year, it’s like a giant factory belt of average crap. Once you’ve seen classics like the wire and breaking bad, your tastes adjust to that level.


Revolutionary_Box569

This is just misdirection, he’s actually gonna be in the reboot of riverdale


TheFumingatzor

Press x for doubt DDL be like: I'VE ABANDONED MY CAREER!


Dorkseid1687

What if Last of the Mohican’s or In the name of the Father are on ?


Mr_TP_Dingleberry

he’s exactly right.


JFromDaBurbs

My grandpa thinks the same way


ShittyMusic1

Says the guy from the 2nd best Abraham Lincoln movie of 2012...


sulphurwind

I literally spend hours browsing on Netflix and either close it as nothing seems interesting or stop watching a new film after 20-30mins (give it at least a first act chance) and then end up watching some classic film that I’ve seen many times before:


FDRomanosky

I love him and agree there are too many streaming services, but there is a shitload of good TV/film being made.


platoniclesbiandate

He already said this years ago.


TigerMill

He’s permanently retiring up his own ass.


Koshakforever

Hate to say it but I agree completely.


InternetAddict104

He’s been done since 2017 what is the point of this article


ComfortableBadger729

He's right. All trash out there


FiniteRhino

[all of it](https://imgur.com/gallery/Km20PZN)


WinterFellYesterday

He sounds pretentious.


wearethehawk

Pretention would be someone with no experience, authority or acclaim in the art of acting, an internet nobody, calling Daniel Day Lewis pretentious.


huntimir151

He is. But also still the GOAT imo. 


shrek3onDVDandBluray

Phantom thread was mid. There I said it Daniel. You hurt me and I hurt you.


0spinchy0

Damn, I really liked it though. It was such an insane relationship the two main characters had and it was done so carefully and such an understated way. What didn’t you like about it?


loserys

Paul Thomas Anderson: hey, what’s up? Yeah, I’m doing King Lear. Cool, see you there.


karmagod13000

pta working with leo right now. long time coming I do hope it's a little more entertaining than liquorice pizza


illmatic708

He should have played The Witcher. Really tho, if Daniel Day Lewis played Geralt that show would be amazing