Sometimes we fall in love with the idea of a person and have trouble seeing the real thing. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about working with your partner is that the work starts to become first. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available? — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I'm not a big shopper. I'm a pretty simple dresser, and that's not my pleasure go-to thing, looking for clothes. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
There's that thing that if you want to have any kind of lasting love, I think you have to love the whole… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I volunteered at a homeless shelter in preparation for 'Being Flynn,' and when I'm walking along the Bowery, that's the first thing… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
When somebody mentions that I did a play with George C. Scott, I'm like, it can't have happened. What was I doing on a… — Paul Dano Copy Share
Of course I think it's a movie for everybody [Insane Farting Corpse], but that's probably just because it's a movie for me. — Paul Dano Copy Share
Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends. — Paul Dano Copy Share
I try to leave my work at the door when I leave the set. It's almost like summer camp. You go in hard, then… — Paul Dano Copy Share
I dont normally like getting dressed up, but when I go to events, I like to look put together. Ive got to say, getting… — Paul Dano Copy Share
If you could call me buff, my version of buff was when I finished that film [Swiss Army Man]. — Paul Dano Copy Share
Reading the script [Insane Farting Corpse], by page two or three, I felt that way. I thought, I'm in. It was so beautiful and… — Paul Dano Copy Share
I went to tranny bars and kind of got used to being around that and then getting dressed up. — Paul Dano Copy Share
I'm really excited to share the movie [Swiss Army Man] with people, so I'm glad that people are seeing it. And I want them… — Paul Dano Copy Share
I want to do some bigger films, so long as there's some sort of exciting creative element or a good filmmaker behind them. — Paul Dano Copy Share
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. — Paul Dano Copy Share
