Paul Dano Quotes

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.

You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

Whether you know who Denzel Washington is or you don't, when he walks into the room, you're going to pay attention, because he's just such a powerful man.

Charm is an intangible. Chutzpah, charm, charisma, that kind of thing, you can't buy it. You either have it or you don't.

Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.

My first impression of Jane Fonda was she is a queen. She is royalty. She walks into the room - any room - and has this presence about her that demands respect.

Was Effenberg a leader because he projected presence or because he had a presence? There is a difference.

You always knew when Seve walked in a room even if you had your back to him. He oozed charisma and brought a whole new meaning to aura.

I look at somebody like my husband or President Obama. They are so natural. I mean, they are fluid, they got the moves, they can just go into a room and really capture it, they've got charisma.

Being charismatic doesn't make you a leader. Being a leader makes you charismatic.

I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.

Tom is the most eccentric person I have ever worked with. We get on very well and I am most impressed with how he can hold an audience in the palm of his hand.

It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often.

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.

But I will say that Harve Presnell... he was one of those guys who, when you're standing in a room with him... he's such an older masculine force that I remember thinking, 'Wow, his voice makes me sound like Pee-Wee Herman.'

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

I'm a big personality. I walk into a room, big and tall and loud.

Jay Z and President Bush have a lot in common, that same brash confidence.

There are different ways to be charismatic.

Most great leaders are theatrical by nature.

When Nelson Mandela came into the room, he changed the room.

I see that I have, as part of my stock in trade, a very regal personality and carriage. I see that I have a kind of strength, a kind of command, and a kind of power that one would associated with a monarch.