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In film and in life, Paul Dano turns family man

After acting since childhood, Dano directs for the first time in Wildlife

PAUL DANO IS HIDING HIS HAIR UNDER a trucker hat and carrying a few days’ stubble. Six weeks ago exactly, his partner, actor Zoe Kazan, gave birth to their first child. “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t super tired,” he says, walking into Central Park on a recent sunny morning in New York City. “But it’s heart expanding.”

After taking a monthlong break to focus

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