大家说这一代演员的“A bold confession "，一些评论说他的获奖感言表面不谦虚，和其他演员以往的获奖感言严重不同，但细品这段感言发自肺腑，是真正的humble：
-"I know the classiest thing would be to downplay the effort that went into this role, and how much this means to me. But the truth is, this was five-and-a-half years of my life. I poured everything I had into portraying this incomparable artist.
I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness. I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats.
I want to be up there."
除了Daniel Day-Lewis，他同时还致敬了，Marlon Brando, Viola Davis, Michael Jordan, and Michael Phelps
