Quotes By Paul Giamatti

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it.

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble.

I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man.

I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male.

I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.

Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.

It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about not having enough money.

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking.

I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.

This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.

I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

I definitely had a top-notch education.

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

I like to work - I probably work too much.

I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to.

I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he's terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.