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Paul Franklin Dano (/ˈdeɪnoʊ/; born June 19, 1984) is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.

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I love cereal. I eat several bowls a day, mostly a few late at night.

Cereal, Eat, Late, Night, Several

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - whats written and not written.

Character, Know, Knows, Start, Trying, Whats

I think there was a lot of working out the arc of how Manny [Daniel Radcliffe] talks. Scene to scene [in the Swiss army Man], if I would start talking a little too well, they would come in and say like, "Hey, you need to [dial back] your ability to speak" - things like that.

Arc, Army, Like, Men, Thinking

I try to leave my work at the door when I leave the set. It's almost like summer camp. You go in hard, then you leave, and it's done.

Camp, Doors, Like, Summer, Trying, Work

I feel like a lot of the films I do, part of the reason I like doing them is I'm not 100 percent sure what it's going to be. It's exciting. I read an equal amount of very generic scripts, and you kind of know exactly what those are and that doesn't whet my appetite. I already know what it is or I already know what the character is. It's just a lot harder to get interested.

Character, Film, Kind, Percent, Reason, Whet

For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.

Character, Needs, Bad Character, Bad, Playing

Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.

Bits, Enlightening, Everything, Experience, Littles, Worsens

The only constant I can find is hard work.

Hard Work, Constant, Hard, Work

Sometimes it's summer camp on location. So it's nice to have a little New York community of people you love.

Location, New York, Nice, People, Summer, York

I think I was almost 12, so I knew who George C. Scott was, but if I could work with George C. Scott now, I'd be so pumped.

If I Could, Ifs, Scott, Think, Thinking, Work

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

Army, Men, Shape, Shapes, Swiss

In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.

Black And White, Fog, Good, Hard, Tragedy

The first time I went to Daniel's [Radcliffe] apartment to just hang out before, because we're doing this crazy thing together, right away he said, "Do you want to put your hand in my mouth so we can get used to this?" And he was really ready to go. So we broke down any barriers pretty quick.

Crazy, Hands, Mouth, Quick, Ready, Together

I feel like rumors get crazy and people blow up the whole internet with news. I feel like, once you're doing a job, you shouldn't talk about it.

Blow, Crazy, Job, Jobs, Talk

I went to tranny bars and kind of got used to being around that and then getting dressed up.

Bars, Kind, Used

I always have an adjustment period where I'm so happy to be home, but then my sense of purpose is totally gone.

Gone, Home, Period, Purpose, Sense, Totally

Michael Caine is so happy. Happy and healthy. I think he enjoys life. I think he's 82 now, and I have no clue if I'll be working at that age.

Clue, Enjoy Life, Happy, Healthy, Life, Thinking

My first thought about acting, growing up here in New York, was theater, and I feel like I need to force myself to go get my ass kicked in a rehearsal room and do one of those plays at some point.

Ass, Force, Growing Up, Kicked, New York, Play

The less acting you have to do, the better, I think.

Acting, Think, Thinking

I think it was a lot of trust as well [between me and Daniel Radcliffe]. If we didn't have that, it could be a very painful film [ Swiss Army Man] to go make.

Army, Men, Thinking, Painful, Trust, Radcliffe

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