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I've always wanted to be one of those actors who could change from character to character, like Daniel Day Lewis or Jeffrey Wright.

Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.

I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis. He's a marvelous actor. He stands alone, I think.

Oh my goodness me, Daniel Day-Lewis - huge, huge fan of his. I've always loved his philosophy on acting: he always talks about returning to a state of play.

I believe the path to a long career is to keep the audience guessing. Daniel Day Lewis is my absolute hero from that point of view. I literally will pay to see anything he does because I know it's going to be something different than I have already seen.

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.

You know the way there are two kinds of actors - the De Niro kind who's always De Niro, and then somebody like Daniel Day-Lewis, who transforms himself eerily? Well, I aim to be the Daniel Day-Lewis kind of writer. I don't have a house style.

My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances.

'Lincoln' is impressive enough to almost make you forget how much Daniel Day-Lewis dominates the endeavor.

The actors I admire, like Ben Kingsley or Daniel Day-Lewis, they totally reinvent themselves in every part. I hope I get a chance to do that.