You Quotes by Paul Dano

Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends.

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

Have I seen any plays that I've been in? Uh, you know, might be a little weird.

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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…

— Paul Dano

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

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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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I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

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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…

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I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are…

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The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or…

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When you repeat yourself so many times, even if you're speaking the truth, the repetition starts to feel false. Sometimes, you just…

— Paul Dano

People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got…

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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…

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I'd always been fascinated by people who allow themselves to be so rude and irritated and foul-mouthed and hostile, but usually you…

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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…

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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…

— Paul Dano

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

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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 think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person.

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You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You…

— 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

— Paul Dano