He has been called the greatest actor of his generation – a three-time Oscar-winner, and reluctant star. "The work itself has always been, has remained nothing but a source of fascination and pleasure to me, the work itself," said Daniel Day-Lewis. "The aftermath of the work has always been difficult for me. You know, you become to some extent a sales rep for that work. And I'm not good at that. I never was. And I'm still not. And that particular part of it, the public part of it, has always left me feeling emptied out."

And eight years ago, he announced his retirement. But now, a clarification: "I think that was a mistake," he said. "I think it just created a kind of confusion. At the time, I never intended to retire from anything. I chose to stop doing one kind of work so that I could

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