Paul Dano Quotes

I only know how to act. I don't know anything else.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

I've never found acting that difficult.

Acting is always a challenge.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

Acting is great. You spend your whole life trying to get it right.

Am I a good actor? I don't think about it. But I'm working on it.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

Acting takes courage.

As an actor, I love challenges.

I think there are a lot of actors who are excellent at cold reads, and they go to an audition, and they read the part and nail it, but then when it comes to the performance, they don't have something.

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

This acting was very hard work.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

In a drama, you don't make a fool of yourself.

I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.

Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.