Quotes from Dane DeHaan

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.

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.

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

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.