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Paul Dano
American
Actor
Born:
Jun 19
,
1984
Actor
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Paul Dano
Character
Quality
Will
Way
About
Someone
Had
He
Almost
Performance
Him
Himself
Blood
Artist
Who
Rehearsed
Actor
It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.
Paul Dano
Best
People
Think
About
Talk
Because
Lot
Quite
Explicit
Might
Acting
Hard
Thing
I like the idea of finding parts that I know I can do but I don't totally understand them right away.
Paul Dano
Finding
Totally
Idea
Like
Know
Parts
Understand
Them
Away
Right
Right Away
New York is kind of a mythological city in may ways.
Paul Dano
Ways
Kind
City
Mythological
New
York
May
New York
I know I am always pumped, as an audience member, to go and see a Western.
Paul Dano
Pumped
Member
See
Know
Audience
Always
Audience Member
Am
Go
Western
In life, you have to keep certain parts of yourself in check because you want to be a decent human being. But one of the guilty pleasures of acting is that sometimes you get to let a little something out that you don't in life because it's not right.
Paul Dano
Life
You
Yourself
Human Being
Sometimes
Pleasures
Guilty
Out
Something
Check
Parts
Because
Get
Human
Decent
Being
Want
Little
Certain
Acting
Keep
Right
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
Good
Creative
Long
Films
Some
Exciting
Sort
Behind
Want
Bigger
Them
Element
Filmmaker
There are maybe 100 actors I look up to, but my first two favourite actors were Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson.
Paul Dano
First
Favourite
Look
Were
Up
Jack
Jack Nicholson
Dustin Hoffman
Maybe
Actor
Nicholson
Two
'Looper' was a wonderful script. Rian Johnson is the real deal and a really talented filmmaker.
Paul Dano
Wonderful
Johnson
Talented
Deal
Real
Real Deal
Script
Really
Filmmaker
To be called a genius at 17 or 18 years old can sometimes cause arrested development.
Paul Dano
Genius
Sometimes
Cause
Old
Development
Arrested
Arrested Development
Years
Sometimes we fall in love with the idea of a person and have trouble seeing the real thing.
Paul Dano
Love
Sometimes
Trouble
Fall
Seeing
Idea
Real
Person
Real Thing
Thing
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
Theatre
Remember
Down
Scared
About
Lights
Up
Getting
Going
Just
Happen
Little
Really
I know an actor who would play one type of part but could never get cast as tough. Once he got cast as tough, as a cop, he only got offered cop roles. It's a funny business in that regard. It's all about perception.
Paul Dano
Funny
Business
Perception
Tough
Type
Once
Would
About
Only
Cast
Could
Never
He
Part
Know
Got
Offered
Get
Roles
Regard
Who
Actor
Play
Cop
I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.
Paul Dano
Work
Several
Directors
Look
Learned
Been
Up
Them
Fortunate
Who
Each
Actor
At the heart of drama is conflict.
Paul Dano
Heart
Conflict
Drama
When I'm not acting, I like to go home and be really normal. So I usually grow out my hair until I get the next part.
Paul Dano
Home
Hair
Out
Part
Like
Until
Go
Go Home
Normal
Get
Really
Next
Acting
Grow
I do like the idea of consequence and how our actions play themselves out, but I am completely scared of knowing what the future would be like. I would never go near a fortune teller, even though it's probably not even real. I just don't wanna know.
Paul Dano
Future
Our
Though
Out
Teller
Would
Would-Be
Scared
Never
Idea
Like
Know
Knowing
How
Am
Real
Go
Just
Wanna
Themselves
Fortune
Actions
Even
Near
Play
Consequence
I go down to the dive bar around the corner when I go out. I don't go to the showbiz parties.
Paul Dano
Down
Corner
Out
Dive
Parties
Around
Go
Bar
Showbiz
People think memorizing lines is hard, when that's the last thing you worry about. You get that done, and then you've got to worry about the internal stuff, which is the challenging part.
Paul Dano
You
People
Think
Worry
Memorizing
About
Part
Stuff
Got
Lines
Get
Done
Which
Then
Hard
Internal
Challenging
Thing
Last
I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.
Paul Dano
Life
Character
Creative
Creative Process
My Life
Big
Relate
Part
Obviously
Because
Big Part
Artist
Process
Who
I would not take a girl to a club on a Thursday. I would not take her to a really noisy, swanky restaurant.
Paul Dano
Girl
Club
Would
Restaurant
Take
Thursday
Noisy
Really
Her
Let's say honorary favorite New Yorker is John Lennon, and favorite real New Yorker is Biggie, because he's the best.
Paul Dano
Best
Honorary
Say
Favorite
John
John Lennon
He
New
Because
Real
Yorker
New Yorker
Biggie
Lennon
I don't like to spend a lot of money on haircuts: I'll sometimes grow my hair and get an acting job and get them to cut it for free. I think for a lady, though, it's okay to spend a lot on a haircut.
Paul Dano
Money
Sometimes
Job
Free
Hair
Think
Spend
Okay
Though
Haircut
Haircuts
Like
Lot
Get
Lady
Them
Cut
Acting
Grow
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.
Paul Dano
Memory
Mind
First
Nice
Preparation
Volunteered
Along
First Thing
Shelter
Walking
The First Thing
Being
Homeless
Thing
I like listening to my playlist on the iPod. I don't want radio with commercials.
Paul Dano
Listening
Like
iPod
Commercials
Want
Radio
Even when I'm alone, my life revolves around film. I think that's why I live in New York, not L.A., where it's so concentrated.
Paul Dano
Life
Alone
My Life
Live
Think
New
Concentrated
Around
York
Revolves
New York
Where
Even
Film
Why
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