Paul Dano Quotes

My acting career began at age three and my parents got me into it. I was in a McDonald's commercial.

You know, I didn't get to go to university because I've been acting since I was a kid.

I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old.

I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.

I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.

When kids were busy playing at the age of 11, I was singing for the heroine of 'Shastra.'

I was an actor who happened to be a kid.

When I was little, I didn't even know what acting was. But I was in commercials - baby toy commercials like Fisher-Price.

I think acting is my destiny. I did my first film when I was just eight. However, I never took that role seriously.

I started acting when I was seven, and I didn't get my first role till I was nine. So for two years, I was just auditioning.

I started taking lessons in third grade because I thought it was a fun thing to do. Through my acting teacher, I got my manager. That was about 5th grade. So once that happened it kind of clicked that I probably should pursue acting as a career.

Growing up, my friends played soccer or did gymnastics after school; I went on auditions with my mom.

I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me.

I always wanted to be an actor. My first professional job was at 19, working in New York theater.

I was a child actor but not a child star.

I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.

I started acting in second grade - my first role was in the Thanksgiving play. I was the Indian chasing the turkey. All the other mom's encouraged my mom to get me into acting after that. Also, when I saw 'The Sound of Music' at Music Circus, I knew I wanted to act.

I started acting, when I was 15, in commercials and guest roles. I was definitely a working actor, so I was thankful for that. But I never had to work at a store, although I would have liked to.

My story about becoming an actor is a completely non-romantic one. I became an actor because my parents were actors, and it seemed like a very... I knew I was going to act all my life, but I didn't know that I was going to be a professional actor. I thought I was just going to work as an actor every now and then.

Since I was a child, I've been playing children. When I was little, I was the kid that you'd hire to do the reading or workshop of your new material.

I did the plays in middle school. I was cast as a gate in my fourth grade play, and every year I got a bigger role. Then, in 7th grade, I played Smike in 'Nicholas Nickleby,' and the casting director saw me and asked me to audition for a movie. That movie led to me getting 'Moonrise Kingdom.'

I want to be an actress when I grow up. Actually, I don't want to wait until I'm grown up. I want to be a child actress. I want to be an actress before I'm 13.

It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is.

I started acting when I was 5 or so. I just did acting for fun, not actually to be an actor.

Growing up as a child actress, I was tutored on movie and TV sets.