Paul Dano Biography

Paul Dano first caught major attention in 2006, when he played the grumpy, nihilistic teenager Dwayne in the sleeper hit Little Miss Sunshine. Dano had actually been paying his dues in the industry for five years when the indie comedy put him on the map, first starring in the tense 2001 drama L.I.E. at the age of 17, when he performed under the name Paul Franklin Dano. Even before that, young Dano appeared in several Broadway productions including A Christmas Carol and Ragtime. He went on to appear in the crime thriller Taking Lives as well as the critically acclaimed The Ballad of Jack & Rose. Then, in 2006, Dano took the infamous role in Little Miss Sunshine of a surly teenage brother who's taken a vow of silence. He immediately followed it with the subversive Fast Food Nation before signing on to re-team with his Ballad of Jack & Rose co-star Daniel Day-Lewis in the Paul Thomas Anderson historical drama There Will Be Blood. Dano also lent his voice to the big-screen computer-animated adaptation of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, voicing the main character of Alexander. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

• 1. Dwayne: FUCK!
  From Little Miss Sunshine. Submitted by Sean W (6 months ago)

• 1. Eli Sunday: You are a stupid man, Abel.
  From There Will Be Blood. Submitted by Sean W (6 months ago)

• 1. Daniel Plainview: Drainage, Eli! Drained dry, I'm so sorry.
  2. Eli Sunday: [sobbing]
  3. Daniel Plainview: Here. If you have a milkshake.[pauses]. And I have a milkshake. And if I have a straw... My straw reaches across the room, and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!
  4. Eli Sunday: Don't bully me Daniel!
  From There Will Be Blood. Submitted by Sean W (6 months ago)

• 1. Daniel Plainview: If you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake. And I have a straw. This is a straw, see it [Pointing at his index finger]? And my straw reaches across the room. I drink your milkshake! [Slurp]. I drink it up!
  2. Eli Sunday: Don't bully me Daniel!
  From There Will Be Blood. Submitted by Sean C (9 months ago)

• 1. Eli Sunday: I am a false prophet! God is a superstition!
  From There Will Be Blood. Submitted by Gabe W (11 months ago)

• 1. April: Is your name really Clitz?
  2. Klitz: Yeah, with a K.
  From The Girl Next Door. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

• 1. Klitz: Dude, am I ugly?
  From The Girl Next Door. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

• 1. Dwayne: You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. School, then college, then work... Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest.
  From Little Miss Sunshine. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)