Paul Dano Quotes

I like travelling and if I have to come to Hollywood to make a movie I will, but otherwise I'd never move there. It's very much an industry town and that doesn't really interest me.

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

I live in L.A., where every coffee shop is filled with scriptwriters, producers and directors.

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

I'm from Los Angeles, and growing up here, I've always been enamored by Hollywood and the industry. It's just something I grew up with, and I loved it.

The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life.

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.

I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.

There's no need to live in L.A. Half of Hollywood's films are shot in London, anyway.

I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.

You know that song, 'New York, New York?' If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere? That's kind of like L.A.

I shot 'Poppin' in L.A. because I love L.A. Because when I came out here, I fell in love with it.

Los Angeles is much like Mumbai, the film industry rules the city over most other professions, so it feels like home.

I had an interest in film, but I didn't want to go to Hollywood and make movies.

I love movies, I love being a part of them, and this is the one occupation I love living and playing in and stressing myself out over.

California is like the Mecca of the film industry. Everyone's seen California.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

Hollywood is a great place if you're an orange.

I don't know what they call Hollywood anymore. The whole meaning of the town has changed.

I'd be fine to make movies and have them never come out. But you have to deal with the business side. You can't get too emotionally invested, because again, you've got no control. There's going to be some huge film out that everyone goes to, and it probably won't be mine.

I've had a great run with great projects. I love the film industry. It keeps you young; it really does.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

I don't really know Hollywood, and I think that L.A. needs a bit of time to really know the city, because it's such a huge city.