Daniel Day Lewis won an Oscar for this interview

DDL plays such larger than life characters it's strange that he's so soft spoken almost shy. What a lovely man.

The fact that he's so soft spoken and gentle in real life, but his character is this film is such a super confident and flamboyant villain is really incredible.

Bill the Butcher and Daniel Plainview are 2 of the most frightening characters to ever grace the screen. The tension building was phenomenal and could have only been done by Daniel.

When you hear DDL's voice and compare it to Bill you ask yourself, "is this the same guy?"

Daniel Day is one of the most brilliant actors of his generation. He can choose any project because every project would choose him if they could.

Isn't this a MUCH better format than one involving a dumb audience that has to be continuously amused and 'entertained' - rather than informed ?

One of the amazing points is how many years it takes for a movie to 'finally' go intro production. 25 years for 'Gangs of NY' and around 16 years for 'Silence.'

there are eyebrows then there are Martin Scorsese eyebrows

34:00 that turn

Bill the Butcher played by Daniel Day Lewis is the most charismatic villain in cinematic history

DDL was robbed of the Oscar that year.

This the first interview I've ever watched with Daniel Day Lewis. I expected an extremely serious, somewhat introverted man. What a great pleasure to see he's actually warm with an easy laugh and smile.

“I didn’t feel the time passing, I was very happily doing other things” I love this quote from him

I'm 53 & This is The GREATEST ACTOR of My generation!! I've never seen a Bad D.D.L. film!! I only wish he let us have just a little bit more of His Artistry!! 1 of a kind!!

Daniel Day Lewis is absolutely one of, if not The, pre-eminent actor of this generation.

DDL is a personal hero to me. I watched My Left Foot as a kid and that performance was Beyond magical. As fate would have it, I’ve ended up in a similar position to Christie Brown. I also have ASD and I see a little bit of it in DDL with the shyness, but also the absolute dedication and obsession in his regard with performance. I adore the mans art.

A Great Director, a genius, and the best actor of all the times. Two legends.

Daniel day Lewis playing Daniel day Lewis looks awesome

DDL has a brilliance about him that is purely reflected by the contributions of humility and integrity to each role he dedicates his craft to. Genuine art. The very extension of this art resonates to those who understands and appreciates this level of commitment to authenticity.

Hats off to the interviewer. He interviews a director and an actor, each on the their own terms, drawing out the best they have to say about their own crafts, while making a cohesive whole.

For someone who can play such intimidating and ferocious characters, DDL seems like the nicest, happiest, and most charming person.

that daniel expression at 34:01 is scary !

I don't know how Daniel day Lewis pulls off bill the butcher AND the their will be blood guy is beyond me. He's so shy. Then he pulls those personallys out of nowhere. Amazing acting!

Martin is a true artist. He's one of the few directors who is trusted by the studios to run his own ship, & deliver on an Immaculate piece of art. Tarantino is given the same leeway.

Clearly because of his demeanor and just the way he is in this interview, Daniel de Louis proves that listening is more powerful than talking.. And he is a sponge that can absorb and articulate In whatever character he plays ... Phenomenal actor

Gangs of New York is criminally underrated

Such a good interviewer. Asks insightful questions and lets his guests speak and enjoy themselves.

This is a big eye opener for me in how long of a process it can take to produce movies/time it takes for a film to actually begin production. It’s 2023 when I’m watching this now but you hear Scorsese mention he really wanted to make the movie “Silence” with Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver and it was just released in 2016. So he already has the film in his mind to produce but it doesn’t come to fruition until 15 years later and there’s no telling how long before this interview is released that he was already doing the writing for it. Even for Gangs of New York they were talking about how they already started writing the script in the 70s and it was released in 2002. Very fascinating!

I know DDL is a method actor, but when that man commits, he really commits and it shows. Bill the Butcher is one of my all time favorite movie characters.

OMG where do I start with this clip ? Firstly it's two of the greatest people in the history of cinema. The interviewer, who I suspect is well known in the States but unknown in Britain, is knowledgeable and respectful. Scorcese is as always full of enthusiasm and insight ..but Day-Lewis, who is probably the greatest actor in the history of films is actually caught being almost himself. So shy, quietly spoken and self deprecating it's hard to imagine him as Butcher Bill. Since then he has gone on to portray other incredible characters that he always brings unerringly to life .. and then retired again ! A wonderful insight into a genius at work.

DDL is simply the best character actor to ever live, no one else owns a character the way he did.

The setting is just magnificent. The film is almost 3 hours, it really grips you in the world by the end. A cinema experience very unique. We've seen lord of the rings, beautiful medieval backgrounds, we've seen dune, a masterpiece presenting a fantasy world. But this movie gives you this strong, unapologetic feel of violence, chaos, collapse with political conflicts and racism. The movie doesn't shy away how brutal the time was. black people hanged on street, fire lighting up their corpses. People cheering and in rage yet celebrating. Martin somehow mix wrath with comedy. A strong whisky with viscous aftertaste .

In my opinion DDL gave the best performance in movie history playing Bill The Butcher. I am still amazed years later and I watched it when it came out. I really believe he didn't win an Oscar because he was so great they assumed he would win many more and wanted to spread the awards around. I think he should have won an Oscar for Last of the Mohicans too.

The greatest living actor in the world, and maybe of all time.

My third great grandfather was a prominent Know Nothing in the 1840s-50s, a Volunteer Fireman Foreman of Engine No.10, and a Major of the NY 71st Regiment. He was involved in the putting down of the Dead Rabbits riot of 1857. My 3rd great grandfather beat William Tweed in an election for Commissioner of Schools in 1850. He lived right in the middle of time of this movie. When my great grandfather moved to NY there were 200,000 people in Manhattan. When he died in 1882 there were 1.2 million.

DDL is a prime example of the perfect actor; He doesn't make acting his entire persona, He commits everything to the parts he plays, and he has other interests, always seeming so genuine. In a time where actors are now spoiled children with serious mental issues, Seeing an interview like this is extremely refreshing

What a wonderful discovery this interview is. Thank you so much for posting.

DDL’s Bill the Butcher is the finest acting performance ever put on film

Best Director & Best actor bar none!!!

I think what DDL was implying was simply that he feels like an equal to Martin on a man to man level. Not just some yes man that does what he’s told. Intellectually, Daniel seems like he KNOWS he’s fantastic but also wants recognition as well. He was saying (I’m an ally, like I’m with you and will relent for you). Now you won’t get that from Alec Baldwin, or Matt Damon. They have egos that have no end. Daniel Day Lewis to me is the greatest actor to ever appear on screen.

DDL is so gorgeous his smile is like sunshine

Scorsese has Worked with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Hervey Keitel, Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Ben Kingsley, Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day Lewis. Wtf what a Legend.

You can tell D.L.D. lets go of his characters when filming wraps. He even struggles to talk about his motivations. They can literally be some of the most amazing performances ever, and he’s already moved on

Daniel can totally be any person in a film not like most actors who act but they are always themselves. You forget it's Daniel he is so good

DDL is an amazing actor. Long live to him in movies!

Daniel Day Lewis is one of the greatest talents and committed actors we will ever experience in this era. PERIOD!.

Scorsese was gonna do Schindler’s list? Would have had DeNiro as Schindler, Joe Pesci as the main Nazi villain.

This makes me think that he has the ability to tap into multiple personalities by having control over the multiple personalities that reside within himself and they're all willing to act as one. Scorsese who is a director and is an eye for emotion and personality understands where Louis is coming from and seems to be like a therapist or something/ physical/mental therapist

When you look at DDL here and Bill The Butcher in the film, you'd swear they are not the same person. That is how good he is.

as an older man now I can really appreciate how Daniel Day Lewis is a master of his craft.

Daniel Day Lewis's tallent is pure Awesomeness.

i can’t imagine anyone else playing bill, daniel deserved an oscar for role

Excellent interview.

Sorry, but no one could have done Bill better and DDL. No one.

How on earthe do you put dicaprio's name ahead of day lewis?

La pazienza, la gentilezza, la grazia, la riservatezza, l’umiltà di Daniel, in questa intervista sono monumentali!!! Se pensi che si è portato questo film interamente sulle sue spalle, quest’uomo è il contrario di una star hollywoodiana, è un monumento della bravura, della dedizione, della modestia,della sobrietà!! INARRIVABILE!!!

I think DDL in Freddy Mercury biopic could make him back to acting career.

Back when trailers were bad but the movies were great

"I have something against", man just went back into Bill for a split second. How he didnt win an Oscar for this is one of the crimes of the the century.

The only one who bagged three Oscars and all for Best Actor.

DDL should have won an Oscar for Bill the Butcher...he was brilliant

DDL has the cutest smile of ever!!

I didn’t know who Daniel was until I watched this movie. Then I feel in love with how great of an actor he was

Imagine if DDL collaborated with De Niro and Scorsese on a film! Too bad he’s retired 😭

2:44 Scorsese: "I think we were always taught the civil war..." [cut to Daniel Day-Lewis for foreshadowing]

I'd have to surmise that Mr. Day-Lewis, during his 5-year hiatus from filmmaking, was "decompressing." Like a scuba diver heading to the surface, he needed to let his body re-acclimate to normal human conditions. We've heard stories of Heath Ledger's total immersion in "The Joker" character in "The Dark Knight" contributed to his mental imbalance that led him to death. Daniel seems a person how, at times, needs his privacy and to move out of the mind-set of the last character he portrayed.

Daniel made Leo carry his luggage in Gangs of NY

Best actor ever

I love this movie. A big fan of historically based films in general, but so many of them depict the same select eras, like WWII, it gets tired out. This is a unique setting for modern history films.

"OOPSY DAISY!!!" HILARIOUS!!!!😂😂😂

Daniel Day-Lewis just retired. he has had a great run.

America does movie stars. Britain does Actors.

Damn it Charlie! DDL don’t wanna talk about those seven years off.

I love when Mr. Scorsese laughs about anything, it is so authentic, happens again with his recent Netflix film on Fran.

Day Lewis would literally become the highest grossing actor of all time as Scrooge!!

I've always said that if Ian McShane wasn't available to play Al Swearengen in HBO's 'Deadwood', Daniel Day Lewis would fit the role like a glove.

The scariest thing about DDL, is that his characters have have various mannerism that remind so much of my dad.

The butcher and Daniel plainview are probably my two favorite and interesting characters in movies.

dude looked so badass as the butcher.

What I'm seeing is that Daniel has ADD and has found a genius way to coope with it

With all due respect. If DeNiro played Bill, it'd be just another DeNiro character, angry Italian-American that making badass moves. With DDL... Well... It's Bill The Butcher!

Can’t imagine dinero playing bill the butcher

Daniel is so awkward, aha. Now I can feel at rest with my own awkwardness.

Thank you and thank God finally i found an interview of Mr Daniel Day Lewis

What a beautiful human being....

Thank you DDL for coming back for this film! Love the movie. Just did a intercultural communications paper on this movie. My main topics were the power dynamics, culture conflicts and meso level theories. now im done with the paper and just want to learn more about the actors. :)

I played this video like most videos I thought Im probably going to watch a few minutes of this then search up whatever pops in my head, but Man this interview was great Martin Scorsese's Way of Talking you just Can't help but Focus...I hope he makes more

Daniel Day-Lewis’s Bill the Butcher had the same effect as Heath Ledger’s Joker, in as much as you’re just waiting for the next scene in which he’s involved.

Very informative interview! I love Daniel Day-Lewis.

god pls don't let him retire! :( :(

DDL is a rarity among his acting contemporaries in that his work raises above the level where disbelief is forgotten, his personage fades, and there is only the story drawing me in.

Holy moly the smell of 90's and CRT tvs linger in this one

Nobody else could have done what he did in that movie. When the first trailer for the film came out, you knew he'd be amazing.

2:01 I had that same impression before I learned the darker side of history in high school

I wish DDL and Scorsese had worked again DDL won an Oscar with PT Anderson and Spielberg. He could easily win another one with Scorsese

There is a charming smile and there is Daniel day Lewis's smile This man has everything i mean everything as a tremendous attractive man He has unique eyes made of fire 🔥🔥

I think DDL was a hired killer between 1997 and 2002... only explanation as to why he won't get into specifics.

How can someone dislike this video? C'mon!!

DDL, Leo, Neeson, how could this movie ever be bad?