Paul Dano

"Gigantic" is a little elusive, even for the film's star. "The title is so fitting, but I don't know if I could explain -- or if I want to -- what I think it means," Paul Dano says by phone from New York. Amid everyday hurdles and small acts of courage, Dano's character, Brian, a 28-year-old mattress salesman with much older, high-achieving brothers, faces down betes noires and romances a girl (played by Zooey Deschanel) as he pursues his dream of adopting a baby.