Dane DeHaan Quotes

#1. It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.

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#2. I loved the movies and I loved cartoon superheroes - superheroes in general. I had all the pajama costumes and I would wear my underwear on the outside of the pajamas because that's what Superman does.

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#3. I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances were just unbelievably real, which is certainly what I always strive for in my work.

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#4. I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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#5. I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.

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#6. Even if you become sympathetic for somebody who has done something terrible, I don't think that necessarily makes what they did look cool.

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#7. Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.

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#8. The Prohibition era is so vividly depicted in 'Lawless.' John Hillcoat does a remarkable job of rooting his film in such a tangible reality.

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#9. Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.

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#10. I loved getting classical training in terms of acting. I would've stayed in acting school for the rest of my life if I could have. It was this amazing period of my life where everything was so safe.

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#11. My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to buy it first and listen to it and let me know if I could have it.

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#12. I really just want to continue to challenge myself. And I want to continue to grow as an artist. I never want to stop.

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#13. When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.

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#14. When anything is easy, it becomes very monotonous for me. But, if I can find something that is really going to take all of my body and all of my mind to really even come close to pulling off, that sounds like fun.

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#15. I started going to acting school in my senior year in high school, and I remained in acting school through four years of college.

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#16. Sometimes I'll get a bunch of my friends to pretend they're my fans and then I'll walk out on the street and I'll have them mob me just so I can prepare.

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#17. Money has never been important to me. I come from garbage. I'm a sewer rat who made it here. I have no interest in money and never have.

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#18. I've actually been in a lot of movies that involve sucking on fingers.

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#19. Life changes and that's cool. Growing older is amazing, I think.

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#20. I guess he was such an open, emotional vessel that I think he tapped into human nature, so it just left people wondering what would have happened. I think James Dean would be 83 today. He could be here, what would he be doing?

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#21. There's a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.

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#22. I love being directed. I always find it helpful to have someone else's brain in the mix and not just have to rely on myself.

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#23. I like to believe that most human beings go about things with a point of view that they're just doing what they feel like they need to do at that time. Sometimes people make bad decisions, but it's not evil, not malicious.

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#24. I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

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#25. I think that ultimately what drives my decisions is if I think the opportunity is going to challenge me in a way that makes me better as an actor.

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#26. I've always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

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#27. It was weird - my parents would let me have some Green Day albums but not all Green Day albums.

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#28. I think that when you're playing someone who does really questionable or even really terrible things in a movie, it's important to show where that person is coming from. They're doing it from a necessary impulse. There is a struggle that's going on within them as a human.

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