Actor Quotes by Paul Dano

Nobody is a perfect actor.

— Paul Dano

Being actors is a strange job.

— Paul Dano

Theater is hard.

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The less acting you have to do, the better, I think.

— Paul Dano

I don't really know what kind of actor I am.

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

— Paul Dano

In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But…

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It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And…

— Paul Dano

I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast…

— Paul Dano

In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him.…

— Paul Dano

Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world…

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My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself…

— Paul Dano

Being actors is a strange job. To try to go live that out, it's a very strange thing to want to do…

— Paul Dano

I really don't want to go to work every day convincing myself of what I'm saying. I want the material to make…

— Paul Dano

It just so happens that when I was, like, 19 or 20, I got a couple of auditions and got a couple…

— Paul Dano

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

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As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself.

— Paul Dano

It's a constant learning process - not just what you need to learn for the character or as far as good actors…

— Paul Dano