Paul Dano Quotes

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Paul Dano

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 19, 1984

The only constant I can find is hard work.

Paul Dano

The whole being-in-a-room interview thing, at a junket or a film festival, is very inhuman. You meet the person, have five or 10 minutes to talk, and it's not like a conversation.

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I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast as tough, as a cop, he only got offered cop roles. It's a funny business in that regard. It's all about perception.

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I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.

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I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience.

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I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

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Your director is your main support - actors don't generally give each other advice on set, not in my experience.

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At the heart of drama is conflict.

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One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.'

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When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I get the next part.

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I do like the idea of consequence and how our actions play themselves out, but I am completely scared of knowing what the future would be like. I would never go near a fortune teller, even though it's probably not even real. I just don't wanna know.

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I feel like I have to be responsible for what I'm participating in or putting out into the world.

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I go down to the dive bar around the corner when I go out. I don't go to the showbiz parties.

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People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.

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The world of the homeless is a tough and interesting world.

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I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded.

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Films can be entertaining without shying away from exploring something. They can be magical and have fantasy, but also can have enough reality that you can be really emotionally invested.

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I approach every role from scratch.

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I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.

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Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.

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