he said i want to do the color purple and i want you to play seeley. i said i don t think so. i think i would be better in another part because i ve never made a movie. he said let me think about it but i m pretty sure that s the part i want you to do. i m just like okay. but if it s really bad, don t be mad at me. it was always daniel day-lewis. but daniel didn t make it easy. i had actually been committed to play margaret thatcher. and meryl was steven s first choice for lincoln [ laughter ] none of us heard what daniel s voice sounded like until the first day of shooting. so the minute he opened his mouth in that first scene, i mean, it was just took your breath away. i am the president of the