Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you. Paul Dano More Quotes by Paul Dano More Quotes From Paul Dano The less acting you have to do, the better, I think. Paul Dano acting thinking I love cereal. I eat several bowls a day, mostly a few late at night. Paul Dano cereal late night You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - whats written and not written. Paul Dano knows trying character If I could get myself in an editing room, that'd be trouble. I mean, that's how it works, you know? You leave everything on the field. I would pick apart - I do, even on the first time. More than once is just too much self-destruction. I don't need that. Paul Dano trouble first-time mean I dont normally like getting dressed up, but when I go to events, I like to look put together. Ive got to say, getting in a nice suit feels good. Paul Dano feel-good nice together 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 courses insane thinking On set, the playground for the character, how much it takes varies. Is it like ballet, is it like jazz? The content always lends itself to the form, and it's really not mathematics. Paul Dano jazz ballet character My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point. Paul Dano growing-up new-york play I think carrying your gut, or your instincts, through all the learning, is one of the most important things. You learn to prepare for a part in different ways, you learn to experiment, what you do for the character - you try working in different ways. Paul Dano important character thinking The first time I went to Daniel's [Radcliffe] apartment to just hang out before, because we're doing this crazy thing together, right away he said, "Do you want to put your hand in my mouth so we can get used to this?" And he was really ready to go. So we broke down any barriers pretty quick. Paul Dano crazy together hands I remember going to the theatre when I was little and the lights going down and just getting really scared about what was going to happen up there. Paul Dano down-and theatre light It's a constant learning process - not just what you need to learn for the character or as far as good actors - but as an actor, there's no limit. Every time now, you're learning so, I think that's a good thing though. Paul Dano character needs thinking I approach every role from scratch. Paul Dano scratches approach roles In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray. Paul Dano fog black-and-white tragedy I went to tranny bars and kind of got used to being around that and then getting dressed up. Paul Dano bars used kind I feel like rumors get crazy and people blow up the whole internet with news. I feel like, once you're doing a job, you shouldn't talk about it. Paul Dano crazy blow jobs The only constant I can find is hard work. Paul Dano constant hard hard-work One of my favorite films is 'Dumb and Dumber.' I'd love to do some really silly comedy someday. Paul Dano comedy dumb silly I started acting pretty young, so I haven't had too many odd jobs. But I used to sell candy out of my locker in middle school. Paul Dano acting jobs school I feel like a lot of the films I do, part of the reason I like doing them is I'm not 100 percent sure what it's going to be. It's exciting. I read an equal amount of very generic scripts, and you kind of know exactly what those are and that doesn't whet my appetite. I already know what it is or I already know what the character is. It's just a lot harder to get interested. Paul Dano film kind character
