London, Dec 20 (IANS) Daniel Day-Lewis, who has won numerous acting awards over the years, always expects failure because it motivates him to strive to achieve better things.
“I guess you could say I’ve dedicated myself to a life of disappointment because that’s the luck of anyone that seeks perfection. But you get used to disappointment - you’d better if you work in any creative form of expression,” contactmusic.com quoted Day-Lewis as saying.

“On the other hand, I think the interplay between hope and disappointment is what keeps you going in a way. You need that disappointment. Otherwise, would you ever get out of bed?”

The “Nine” actor is known to be choosey about roles and works on a project he feels passionately about. As a result, he remains in character the whole time he is working on a movie.

“Having spent some time finding the way into a character and entering into this other world that we’re creating in a film, it’s really a pleasure to remain there. I see no reason to go anywhere else for a while. But it’s all a game, this strange delusion that as actors we exchange our lives for somebody else’s. I enjoy kidding myself, I suppose, that I can be somebody else,” he told parade.com.