美国国家公共电台 NPR Imagining Daniel Day-Lewis In A Life Without Acting

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

He brooded as Lincoln, seduced¹ in "The Unbearable² Lightness Of Being" and murdered in "There Will Be Blood." This week, Daniel Day-Lewis, three-time Oscar winner and incomparable film chameleon³, announced he's retiring from acting⁴ at age 60. A statement released by his spokeswoman gave no explanation, saying this is a private decision, and Day-Lewis will have no further comment.

The actor has often taken lengthy⁵ sabbaticals between films. But this time, it's apparently⁶ permanent. So what will he be doing? Well, we know that Day-Lewis has a number of deep passions outside acting - woodworking, for one. He even applied⁷ for an apprenticeship⁸ with a cabinet maker⁹ before drama drew him in. More recently, he apprenticed¹⁰ with a master cobbler in Florence.

When I interviewed Daniel Day-Lewis in 2012, I asked him about these pursuits. He demurred¹¹. As a private person, he said he didn't like to cast attention on his life off the screen. But, eventually...

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DANIEL DAY-LEWIS: You know, I'm handy. I - you give me a toolbelt. I know what do with it (laughter).

BLOCK: He opened up about woodworking just a little bit.

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DAY-LEWIS: And it was something I felt immediately drawn¹² towards. And I discovered that my hands were good - that I could make things. And I've always loved to do that. And I (laughter) just remember that my middle son, who's 14, overheard on the radio somebody saying, yeah. I think he makes chairs in his spare time, which he thought was one of the funniest things he'd ever heard. And he now - he imagined me setting up a shop somewhere with Dan's Chairs as the (laughter)...

BLOCK: Hanging outside?

DAY-LEWIS: ...As the shingle¹³ outside. Dan's Chairs. It was also that same boy, Ronan, who said when somebody asked him what I did - he said, I think he's in construction.

BLOCK: (Laughter).

DAY-LEWIS: And what I loved is that he said, I think because (laughter)...

BLOCK: He just wasn't quite sure.

DAY-LEWIS: It's perfect that kids just never quite know what (laughter) the hell their parents get up to.

BLOCK: But about shoemaking, Day-Lewis was mum. I even played my I'm the daughter of a sandal maker card. No dice¹⁴.

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DAY-LEWIS: I'll tell you what. If we meet one of these days, then we can talk (laughter).

BLOCK: I look forward to that conversation.

DAY-LEWIS: I'd happily talk about it to you in private.

BLOCK: Now I'm picturing Daniel Day-Lewis in retirement¹⁵ on his farm in Ireland, cobbling away. Or maybe he'll finally get to hang that shingle, Dan's Chairs.

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DAN FOGELBERG: (Singing) Oh, he makes his life as a carpenter. He works his hands in wood.