Rude Kids Forced Day-Lewis Out Of The Rsc

Reclusive film star [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/daniel-day-lewis) walked away from an acting career with England's Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) after spending four months being humiliated by school kids.

The Oscar winner chose unemployment over a career as a thespian because he couldn't stand performing matinees for rude kids, who'd simply giggle through his performances - at his tights and codpiece.

The MY LEFT FOOT star recalls, "We'd do school matinees as a part of the fun (of touring) and they were pretty tough towns, some of these places - like the industrial Midlands in England.

"If they're not throwing stones at other people's windows, they're going to see [Romeo And Juliet](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/romeo-and-juliet).

"You walk on stage and you had to wait for 10 minutes for them to stop laughing before you could even get a word out."

And, when the RSC directors decided to offer Day-Lewis a longterm job with the revered theatre company, he chose to quit instead.

He recalls, "I said, 'Here's the thing, I'm gonna be unemployed when I leave this room and I don't know how long I'm going to be unemployed for, but, for however long it is, I would rather be unemployed than work with any of you people...

"Strangely enough, I haven't been invited back to the Royal Shakespeare Company since that time. They thought I was mad."