Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

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

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

— Paul Dano

I think it's more important to try and make a good film than give a good performance.

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

Sometimes it's summer camp on location. So it's nice to have a little New York community of people you love.

— Paul Dano

I think I was almost 12, so I knew who George C. Scott was, but if I could work with George C.…

— Paul Dano

Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand…

— Paul Dano

I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what…

— Paul Dano

I think that the Western went away for a while because part of its function was that it used to be America's…

— 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…

— Paul Dano

I was constantly surprised by how things took shape, whether it was something that was funny or [sharp] or some of these…

— Paul Dano

Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in…

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

Michael Caine is so happy. Happy and healthy. I think he enjoys life. I think he's 82 now, and I have no…

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not…

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

If I could get myself in an editing room, that'd be trouble. I mean, that's how it works, you know? You leave…

— Paul Dano

The hardest thing about working with your partner is that the work starts to become first.

— Paul Dano

'Little Miss Sunshine' was really important to me.

— Paul Dano

For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.

— Paul Dano

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

— Paul Dano

I think carrying your gut, or your instincts, through all the learning, is one of the most important things. You learn to…

— Paul Dano