Daniel Day-Lewis is calling out Brian Cox for dragging him into a conflict surrounding method acting.

During a recent interview with the U.K.s Big Issue, the three-time Oscar winner shared his thoughts on being brought into the disagreement between Cox and Jeremy Strong over the controversial acting technique.

During their time working on the Emmy-winning series Succession, Cox previously criticized Strongs intense acting style for his role as Kendall Roy, saying its not good for the ensemble and creates hostility with other castmembers. He also claimed that Day-Lewis influenced Strongs method acting style when the pair worked together on 2005s The Ballad of Jack and Rose and 2012s Lincoln. Listen, I worked with Brian Cox once and got somehow drawn into this handbags-at-dawn conflict inadvertently, Day-Lewis said, referring to when they both starred in 1997s The Boxer. Brian is a very fine actor whos done extraordinary work. As a result,hes been given a soapbox which he shows no sign of climbing down from. Any time he wants to talk about it, Im easy to find.

The Anemone star continued, If I thought during our work together Id interfered with his working process, Id be appalled. But I dont think it was like that. So I dont know where the fuck that came from.

Day-Lewis went on to praise Strong, adding that hes a very fine actor, I dont know how he goes about things, but I dont feel responsible in any way for that.

Throughout his career, the There Will Be Blood actor has been known to fully immerse himself in a character throughout filming. And while some in Hollywood have criticized the acting approach, Day-Lewis has maintained that it makes sense to him. Earlier this month at the 69th editionof theBFILondon Film Festival, he described it as a way of freeing yourself [for] the spontaneity when you are working with your colleagues in front of the camera, so that you are free to respond in any way that youre moved to in that moment.

Day-Lewis continued to double down on method acting during his chat with the Big Issue, saying he doesnt like it being misrepresented to the extent it has been.

They focus on, Oh, he lived in a jail cell for six months [for 1993sIn the Name of the Father]. Those are the least important details. In all the performing arts, people find their methods as a means to an end. Its with the intention of freeing yourself so you present your colleagues with a living, breathing human being they can interact with. Its very simple, he continued. So it pisses me off this whole oh, he went full method thing. What the fuck, you know? Because its invariably attached to the idea of some kind of lunacy.

The actor added, I choose to stay and splash around, rather than jump in and out or play practical jokes with whoopee cushions between takes or whatever people think is how you should behave as an actor.