In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.
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Quotes by Paul Dano
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The world of the homeless is a tough and interesting world.
Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.
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.
I think that one of the strangest things about being an actor is, it's almost freelance work.
'Little Miss Sunshine' was really important to me.
To be running away from explosions with Harrison Ford, you know, that's pretty great.
My first paying job might have been doing a play, actually. My mom paid me to dress up as a flounder at my sister's 'Little Mermaid' - themed birthday party when I was little.
Spring and fall in New York are the best seasons here to get out and about. I like the little park in Dumbo between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge. I like Prospect Park.
I think control is a two-way street; sometimes people want to control things to keep them safe if they are afraid of life.
I've definitely been in ruts, and I think having some kind of perseverance is important.
I love cereal. I eat several bowls a day, mostly a few late at night.
Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.
I am baffled by good writing.
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.
I feel like I have to be responsible for what I'm participating in or putting out into the world.
I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.
I love Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and Guns N' Roses and AC/DC.
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.
I think you sometimes have to go hit rock bottom before you can grow and rebuild as a person.
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.
The only constant I can find is hard work.
You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.
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.
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