Paul Dano Quotes

I'm magnificent! I'm 5' 11" and I weigh 135 pounds, and I look like a racehorse.

I regretted not being a person in shape many a day while we were making this film [Swiss Army Man].

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.

I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.

I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.

Men work on their bodies. They want to be looked at.

Keep in shape: if you look good, you will feel confident.

I want to be strong enough to cope with the roles, but I don't want to be cast as the guy that takes his shirt off.

Dude, everybody wants to be Andre 3000. He's got abs for days. How does that guy get so ripped?

When I am tanned and in shape I feel confident about my appearance.

I suppose you've got to look like you're made of steel for nudity. You've got to get some arms on you.

If I'm going to be on national T.V. without my shirt on, I've got to look good.

I don't really lift weights. It's kind of a vanity thing that I don't get into.

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like, 'It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.'

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

Nobody wants a fat lead singer.

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

I'll tell you, in making film, especially when you're an actress, you're always worried about how you look on film, how they light you, always working with your camera people to be at your best, with the expectations of our culture that you always look perfect and beautiful and whatever.

People assume I work hard on my body, but I honestly don't.

I worked out a lot before I was 20. I was hard underneath. I had just a little padding. I was quilted. Always Chanel.

Since finishing my professional dancing career, I've been conscious of not letting myself go.

It's not really in my genes to be walking around looking like a body builder.

In 'Maaya,' I'm going shirtless for the first time in my career. My producer requested me to take off my shirt in one of the scenes. I have been working extremely hard to flaunt a perfect body for the scene.

I'm not the biggest guy.

I just want to be fit because I want to look nice without a shirt.