Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence …

Daniel Day-Lewis
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Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. ✨ City Limits magazine, London, April 7, 1988.
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