I know that every actor that I know, when Daniel Day-Lewis does a film, and he doesn't work that often, but we run to the theater to see what he's up to, and with such delicious excitement. The same goes for Meryl Streep.
The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.