If there were an actor that truly treats acting as a craft, it has to be Daniel Day-Lewis. Throughout his storied career, he has embodied some of the most memorable characters in cinematic history.

Day-Lewis becomes the character he takes on. We don’t see any traces of the real him in Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York or in Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln. Day-Lewis is a master at transforming into a role through his voice and body.

Sadly, Day-Lewis has announced that The Phantom Thread is going to be his last movie and he will be retiring from the craft of acting. Here is the real reason Daniel Day-Lewis is quitting acting.

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The toll of being a method actor | 0:00
Post-production depression | 1:36
Secondary career paths | 2:39
Allergic to fame | 3:30
Going out on top | 4:58

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