As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
To be running away from explosions with Harrison Ford, you know, that's pretty great. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Have I seen any plays that I've been in? Uh, you know, might be a little weird. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person. — 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
It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
The way Hollywood works, you're never sure if their first thought is to make a great film and honor the material or… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
There's a lot of people that I would love to work with. There's a lot of different kinds of parts I wanna… — 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
You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I'd always been fascinated by people who allow themselves to be so rude and irritated and foul-mouthed and hostile, but usually you… — 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
Films can be entertaining without shying away from exploring something. They can be magical and have fantasy, but also can have enough… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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 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
I've seen people, where if they have to wait around the set for three hours, and they call you at the wrong… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
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. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed… — 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
