Paul Dano Quotes

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Paul Dano

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 19, 1984

Robert De Niro's sort of like a surfer: he doesn't really force anything. So if he catches the wave, or something spills out - to watch a guy be a force at what he does. He has a good worth ethic.

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I would not take a girl to a club on a Thursday. I would not take her to a really noisy, swanky restaurant.

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Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in Dumbo between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge. I like Prospect Park.

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I like a restaurant called Bruci, and there's some really nice people who work there and good food. They change their menu a lot, so maybe that's what keeps me coming back. I never know what I'm going to get.

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Let's say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he's the best.

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When my girlfriend's away, I cook a big vat of meaty pasta and sauce and eat that for about a week. Then I eat out the rest of the time. When she's home, we eat at home probably twice a week. I chop, she cooks.

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I volunteered at a homeless shelter in preparation for 'Being Flynn,' and when I'm walking along the Bowery, that's the first thing that comes to mind. That's a nice memory.

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It's a lot of fun to be a part of films that you don't exactly know how they're going to turn out.

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I like listening to my playlist on the iPod. I don't want radio with commercials.

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I think control is a two-way street; sometimes people want to control things to keep them safe if they are afraid of life.

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I went to private school in Manhattan, and at a young age, they made us do public speaking. For some reason, I was good at standing in front of the class and speaking.

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Even when I'm alone, my life revolves around film. I think that's why I live in New York, not L.A., where it's so concentrated.

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Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world of improv and comedy, you're able to let it flicker and fall out.

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To be running away from explosions with Harrison Ford, you know, that's pretty great.

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The better the acting is, the harder it is to see what the process is.

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I always ask for more takes. I like doing takes, so I'll do as many as I can.

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