BEST ACTOR: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
There Will Be Blood
Age 50 Role Oil prospector Daniel Plainview. Method Madness ''People have such a misconception about what it is I do,'' the British actor told The New York Times Magazine of his famously immersive work ethic. ''They think the character comes from staying in the wheelchair or being locked in the jail or whatever extravagant thing they choose to focus their fantasies on.... But that's just the superficial stuff. Most of the movies I do are leading me toward a life that is utterly mysterious to me. My chief goal is to find a way to make that life meaningful to other people.'' Up Next Nothing confirmed. —Jeff Jensen