"Listen, I worked with Brian Cox once and got somehow drawn into this handbags at dawn conflict inadvertently, said Day-Lewis. Brian is a very fine actor who's done extraordinary work. As a result, he's been given a soapbox which he shows no sign of climbing down from. Any time he wants to talk about it, I'm easy to find. If I thought during our work together I'd interfered with his working process, I'd be appalled."
"I can't think of a single commentator who's gobbed off about the method that has any understanding of how it works and the intention behind it. They focus on, Oh, he lived in a jail cell for six months' [for 1993 film In the Name of the Father]. Those are the least important details. In all the performing arts, people find their methods as a means to an"
Daniel Day-Lewis defended his commitment to method acting and responded to criticism from Brian Cox. He described Cox as a fine actor but said Cox has used a public platform to denounce the technique and that Day-Lewis did not interfere with Cox's working process. Day-Lewis rejected any responsibility for Jeremy Strong's approach and expressed surprise at the criticism. He argued that many commentators misunderstand method acting, focus on anecdotal details like living in a jail cell, and ignore the intentions and working methods performers use as tools in the performing arts.
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