Paul Dano Quotes

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Paul Dano

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 19, 1984

I feel like, once you're doing a job, you shouldn't talk about it.

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There's a lot of people that I would love to work with. There's a lot of different kinds of parts I wanna play. As your career progresses, you hope that you get some more opportunity or some more choice.

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I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.

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It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning.

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I tore my ACL playing basketball.

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I mean, to feel in good hands as an actor... it's the best feeling.

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George C. Scott, man, was a powerful dude.

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One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

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I like characters that make me feel challenged and sort of inspired.

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I really don't want to go to work every day convincing myself of what I'm saying. I want the material to make me a better actor; then I try to return the favor to the material.

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As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available?

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There's that thing that if you want to have any kind of lasting love, I think you have to love the whole person and not just the parts of them that you choose.

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I'm not a person who needs to chit-chat between takes by any means.

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With somebody like Harrison Ford, they're so commanding and confident, and you know, he does have a certain power or charisma, and those are things that are sort of ineffable.

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I think the idea is to try and understand everything about the characters and where the character is coming from, from their point of view, why they say what they do. And not, 'Oh, but I would never say that. Why does the character say that?' But then making it as personal as possible.

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People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

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I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not being careful about the work that I'm doing.

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You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.

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I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.

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I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.

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