In Hollywood, as also all other woods and their OTT extensions, we have scores of decent actors who love being called institutions the moment they sense even a semblance of stardom coming their way. There are exceptions, but they only prove the rule.
Thanks to the razzle-dazzle, most gallery-attuned players lose their poise and purpose, almost to a point of no return. These infected souls will do well to grasp the essence of scores of powerful Danny Day-Lewis quotes even before they turn to study his performances in films like My Left Foot, There will be Blood, Lincoln, Phantom Thread, The Last of the Mohicans, The Age of Innocence, and the latest Anemone among others.
Sad that DDL's theatre stint ended abruptly ever since he left stage mid-performance playing Hamlet at the National Theatre, but no worries, DDL's cinematic masterclass has enough nutrients to teach our high and mighty stars of every screen about how to rise above anything and everything including a flawed script to render performances that are several storeys above what many of our everyday actors would happily flaunt as 'true to life'
but yes, beginning the learning voyage with a few quotes is absolutely imperative. Here goes:
“I follow my curiosity and it takes me into all kinds of strange places.”"I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe I'm somebody else." "The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities." "Life comes first. What I see in the characters, I first try to see in life…" “It’s essential to continually question the rightness of what one is doing in life, and the place one occupies within it.”If our 'perfectionists' of both genders succeed in grasping what DDL has to say, they will wilfully land on the ground with a loud thud and stop giving crappy gyan in Low IQ roundtables hosted by no IQ hosts.
Instead, they will attempt to relearn the art and science of their profession in the hope to be reborn as better actors in a new innings.