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Daniel Day-Lewis

What Personality Type is Daniel Day-Lewis?

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Cloud of Thunder

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Daniel Day-Lewis

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The ultimate Method actor and 3-time Oscar winner, I think he's an INFJ 5w4 Sp/Sx. Anyone else?
 
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He's my favourite actor!

He's definitely INXJ. I would say probably all the hard-core method actors are Ni doms. I'm not sure if he's T or F.

I agree he's likely 5w4 Sp/Sx too.
 

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His demeanor in interviews during this award season was very Fe-like: gracious, classy, and diplomatic. I'm thinking especially of his acceptance speech at the SAG Awards where he gave a shout out to Joaquin Phoenix, who wasn't nominated and was absent (another method actor; probably INFP).
 

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His demeanor in interviews during this award season was very Fe-like: gracious, classy, and diplomatic. I'm thinking especially of his acceptance speech at the SAG Awards where he gave a shout out to Joaquin Phoenix, who wasn't nominated and was absent (another method actor; probably INFP).
Oh, I absolutely get your reasoning; I'm just not sure if it is Fe or highly developed Te. If he were younger I would think it was Fe without a doubt, but more healthy and mature INTJs can learn to be rather like that too.
 

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I can't tell if he's INFJ or ISTP. Same functions, same introverted tendencies, but he comes off pretty down to earth. Not Ni leading. When he was younger, he seemed to fall into the worst parts of Se. Apparently stole a lot and got busted for petty stuff. "I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk." Consciously getting into trouble, but unconsciously determined for "something". That's sounds like Se over Ni to me.

And apparently, he enjoys woodworking and cobbling (making shoes) over acting.
 

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I can't tell if he's INFJ or ISTP. Same functions, same introverted tendencies, but he comes off pretty down to earth. Not Ni leading. When he was younger, he seemed to fall into the worst parts of Se. Apparently stole a lot and got busted for petty stuff. "I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk." Consciously getting into trouble, but unconsciously determined for "something". That's sounds like Se over Ni to me.

And apparently, he enjoys woodworking and cobbling (making shoes) over acting.
Oh yeah. This vibe is partly why I think he's very developed in his type. There's more breadth in his nature rather than a sort of extreme 'specialisation' that you see in undeveloped people. I'm guessing you read the Dario Nardi Reddit thread.

I do think the whole method thing puts him in the Intuitive category. I would be surprised if many S actors were crazy about Method acting - especially SPs. The Method is so indirect and roundabout; I imagine a SP wouldn't need to condition themselves to achieve a mindset, create a unfamiliar physical state or express something. Method acting (or variations of this approach) seems like something an actor does when they can't "just do it" in the moment. That sounds like a N issue to me - in particular a NJ trying to mimic Se through Ni.

I do realise I generalising a bit here.
 

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I would be surprised if many S actors were crazy about Method acting - especially SPs. The Method is so indirect and roundabout; I imagine a SP wouldn't need to condition themselves to achieve a mindset, create a unfamiliar physical state or express something. Method acting (or variations of this approach) seems like something an actor does when they can't "just do it" in the moment. That sounds like a N issue to me - in particular a NJ trying to mimic Se through Ni.

I do realise I generalising a bit here.

Well, FWIW, I think some of the biggest method actors were SP as well (Brando, Dean, Mickey Rourke, etc. Many who are confusing on the NJ/SP thing in their own right). Personally, I suck at acting, but I tried getting into it when I was younger. That doesn't mean much, but it was the door that opened the prospect and interest, at least. If that makes sense? Some actors have a more "thespian" motivation to get into it, but it was the understated psychological study that appealed to me.
 

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Love love love him. :wubbie:
 

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Well, FWIW, I think some of the biggest method actors were SP as well (Brando, Dean, Mickey Rourke, etc. Many who are confusing on the NJ/SP thing in their own right).
Oh, good examples. They were methody SPs with a strangely NJ vibe about them. Hmm, something to ponder...

Personally, I suck at acting, but I tried getting into it when I was younger. That doesn't mean much, but it was the door that opened the prospect and interest, at least. If that makes sense? Some actors have a more "thespian" motivation to get into it, but it was the understated psychological study that appealed to me.
That's a shame. Do you still do some - just for fun?

I had to do some acting exercises for a film course I did and found it utterly mortifying. You've got to be gutsy to do it; shameless, even. I admire people that have the strength to get up in front of people and do that.
 

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I had to do some acting exercises for a film course I did and found it utterly mortifying. You've got to be gutsy to do it; shameless, even. I admire people that have the strength to get up in front of people and do that.

I'm in the same boat. It's funny that I kept putting myself in that situation (in elementary years, a few times as a teen, then in adult workshops). It was a good learning experience though.
 

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INFP. It's just a game to him.
He lacks the typical "worthiness" of the avg INFJ.
Plus, all the best actors are INFP. ~ The World According to Salomé
 

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INFP. It's just a game to him.
He lacks the typical "worthiness" of the avg INFJ.

That's an interesting way of putting it. I think that "worthiness" might be a Fi dom thing though. Read how Jung describes them. His Fi is not the looser/more accommodating Dreamer/Perceptual type bandied about in MBTI.

"It puts forward negative feeling-judgments or assumes an air of profound indifference, as a measure of self-defence. [..] Such a case never fails to create an impression of sentimental self-love, with its constant effort to arouse interest and even morbid self-admiration just as the subjectified consciousness of the introverted thinker, striving after an abstraction of abstractions, only attains a supreme intensity of a thought-process in itself quite empty, so the intensification of egocentric feeling only leads to a contentless passionateness, which merely feels itself."

[..] "There is little effort to accompany the real emotions of the object, which tend to be damped and rebuffed, or to put it more aptly, are 'cooled off' by a negative feeling-judgment. Although one may find a constant readiness for a peaceful and harmonious companionship, the unfamiliar object is shown no touch of amiability, no gleam of responding warmth, but is met by a manner of apparent indifference or repelling coldness.
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Needless to say, you could mean something completely different. To me, "worthiness" is that type that makes me instantly think "WTF did I do?" :huh:
 

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What about that interview did not signify indifference/coldness to you?

I can't really be bothered to explain what I mean by "worthiness", though your reaction is an appropriate one and suggests we're on the same page.
 

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What about that interview did not signify indifference/coldness to you?

Oh, it didn't.. He seemed to like clarifying and didn't repel anything, and spoke at the same level with the others. We can agree he's not the "worthiness" type, whatever that is.
 

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Oh, it didn't.. He seemed to like clarifying and didn't repel anything, and spoke at the same level with the others.
Seriously? Were we watching the same interview?
We can agree he's not the "worthiness" type, whatever that is.
He does not take himself too seriously. He does not buy into his own mythology. He does not believe himself/what he is doing, to be earth-shatteringly important. At the same time, he takes his "craft" very seriously. I could see ISTP before INFJ. I wouldn't rule out INTP.
Day-Lewis can relate to that: the absurdity of being him. "Absolutely," he says. "When people ask me about acting, I've often wondered whether the reason I work the way I do is an instinctual response to my sense of absurdity. And in order to eclipse that, I have to immerse myself more than most people. And of course that only risks making me look all the more daft." He throws up his hands. "People always ask me: 'Isn't it strange that you have to do this or that to prepare for the work?' But really: what could be stranger than the work itself?"
Sensitivity to (and delight in) absurdity is a hallmark of Ne. All NP humour relies on this characteristic. Even his Oscar speech was playfully absurd. He finds the whole thing rather ridiculous. That both rescues him (from the genuine absurdity of people who believe their own hype) and makes him great at what he does.
 

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Sensitivity to (and delight in) absurdity is a hallmark of Ne. All NP humour relies on this characteristic. Even his Oscar speech was playfully absurd. He finds the whole thing rather ridiculous.

Is that Ne? In any case, it's pretty admirable. Apparently, his own kids didn't know he was actor until recently (his 14 yr old apparently thought he worked in construction).
 

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Seriously? Were we watching the same interview?

He does not take himself too seriously. He does not buy into his own mythology. He does not believe himself/what he is doing, to be earth-shatteringly important. At the same time, he takes his "craft" very seriously. I could see ISTP before INFJ. I wouldn't rule out INTP.

Sensitivity to (and delight in) absurdity is a hallmark of Ne. All NP humour relies on this characteristic. Even his Oscar speech was playfully absurd. He finds the whole thing rather ridiculous. That both rescues him (from the genuine absurdity of people who believe their own hype) and makes him great at what he does.

I'm bringing up an old thread, but I had to ask, why do you think an appreciation for the absurd is of the exclusive domain of Ne? I could easily see an infj being able to spot and enjoy incongruent features in their environment.

Anyway, your description of Infjs being "worthy" is interesting. Are you saying Infjs give off an air of weightiness, because they take the matters close to their heart very seriously, as if they and their ideas were one and the same entity?

I have no idea how infjs behave in real life, but from my own experience and reading about them, they're certainly the least likely of all types to be drunk with a sense of their own self importance, such as what you are inferring. They're too swallowed up by self doubt to allow that to happen. But I don't THINK this is what you meant here, anyway.

Still not sure if he's istp or infp though...
 

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I'm bringing up an old thread, but I had to ask, why do you think an appreciation for the absurd is of the exclusive domain of Ne? I could easily see an infj being able to spot and enjoy incongruent features in their environment.
I don't think it's the exclusive domain of anyone. He could be INFJ, I don't know. He didn't strike me as one, tis all.

Anyway, your description of Infjs being "worthy" is interesting. Are you saying Infjs give off an air of weightiness, because they take the matters close to their heart very seriously, as if they and their ideas were one and the same entity?
"Worthiness: noun 2. the quality of having good intentions but lacking in humour or interest ⇒ The characters' worthiness can become tedious."

I suspect I was being facetious and / or supporting a random supposition with questionable logic.
Sounds like something I might do.
 

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i think he's an INFP. i am pretty sure of it.
he's intensely private + shy + very withdrawn. he has this explosive emotional power and genuine vibe that is very INFP to me. i think his methods would seem too irrational to an INFJ. i see method actors as being very Fi, honestly. they go down into this vortex of emotion and BECOME the other person. that's empathy, not sympathy. it isn't very practical and most people find it crazy but it's beautiful and deep. there is something very POETIC about him, and often poetic-seeming people are INFPs. his father was cecil day-lewis, a poet in fact!
 
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