Top 119 Quotes by Paul Dano

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

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

Sometimes I think your intellect can get in your way as an actor or an artist. When you come from a world of improv and comedy, you're able to let it flicker and fall out.

One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday.

I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded.

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

I sort of grew up doing theater. And that's how I got into film, actually.

I volunteered at a homeless shelter in preparation for 'Being Flynn,' and when I'm walking along the Bowery, that's the first thing that comes to mind. That's a nice memory.

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

I don't want my learning curve to be stunted by just all of a sudden doing work all the time and not being careful about the work that I'm doing.