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Paul Giamatti
American
Actor
Born:
Jun 6
,
1967
Actor
Me
Myself
People
Think
You
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In a weird way, I like to find the quirkiness in ordinary things. I like to find what is ordinary in quirky people.
Paul Giamatti
People
Way
Find
Weird
Weird Way
Like
Quirky
Ordinary
Ordinary Things
Things
I consider myself an atheist. My wife is Jewish. And I'm fine with my son being raised as a Jew. He's learning Hebrew and is really into it. I will talk to my own son about my atheism when the time is right. But there's a great tradition of Jewish atheism, there are no better atheists in the world than the Jews.
Paul Giamatti
Time
Myself
Great
Learning
Atheist
Son
World
Better
Wife
Will
Own
Jews
Consider
Atheism
Atheists
Fine
About
My Own
He
Talk
Tradition
Than
Being
Hebrew
Really
Right
Raised
Jew
Jewish
You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.
Paul Giamatti
Me
You
Free
Something
Absolutely
Absolutely Free
Turtle
Describe
I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point.
Paul Giamatti
Will
Fire
Some
Point
Learned
Sure
How
Which
Useful
Rifle
This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.
Paul Giamatti
Business
Whatever
Peg
Kind
Bad
Take
Feels
Like
Fit
Square
Intense
Hole
Whole
Round
Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.
Paul Giamatti
Culture
Background
League
Academia
Academic
Ivy
Ivy League
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.
Paul Giamatti
Me
You
Reality
People
Say
People Say
About
Stuff
Know
Well
Does
Always
Real
Anything
Flattering
Mean
Really
It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time.
Paul Giamatti
Work
God
Time
Good
Good Time
Big
Say
Never
Attention
Like
Sake
Goal
Just
Disingenuous
Flattering
Actor
I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male.
Paul Giamatti
World
Ways
Guy
Like
Got
Male
Lot
I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.
Paul Giamatti
Myself
Consider
Mentality
Supporting
Supporting Actor
Very
Person
Interesting
Interesting Person
Actor
Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.
Paul Giamatti
Happy
Other
More
Colorful
Lead
Lead Roles
Stuff
Supporting
Along
Come
Roles
Fun
I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.
Paul Giamatti
Myself
Me
Critical
Has-Been
Adjustment
Been
Very
Film
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.
Paul Giamatti
Mind
Be Nice
Nice
Way
Would
Would-Be
Find
Kinds
Some
Something
Guys
Feel
Like
Occasionally
Get
Manage
Being
Break
Certain
Playing
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.
Paul Giamatti
Character
You
Man
Be Happy
Happy
Kind
Would
Would-Be
More
Know
Make
Limit
Always
Go
Very
Get
Different
Movie
Different Kind
Even
I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.
Paul Giamatti
Man
Wine
Big
Guy
Never
Go
Anymore
Bars
Drag
I get tired of myself pretty fast.
Paul Giamatti
Myself
Tired
Pretty
Get
Fast
I like to work - I probably work too much.
Paul Giamatti
Work
Too Much
Too
Like
Much
I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.
Paul Giamatti
Mind
Say
About
Talking
Anything
Interesting
Acting
I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.
Paul Giamatti
Thought
Would
Never
Particular
Any
Movies
Career
Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.
Paul Giamatti
Whatever
Somehow
Up
Being
Ends
Play
Sleazy
I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.
Paul Giamatti
Hero
Something
Going
Mean
Play
I definitely had a top-notch education.
Paul Giamatti
Education
Top-Notch
Definitely
Had
If I play a more aggressive, stronger guy, I often go through my day feeling a bit better than when I play somebody who's not.
Paul Giamatti
Day
Better
Somebody
Stronger
Feeling
Aggressive
Bit
Guy
More
Through
Go
Than
Often
Play
I was more used to acting onstage, for a long time. I don't know, maybe I was temperamentally more suited to stage stuff. And there are things about the stage that I miss in a lot of ways.
Paul Giamatti
Time
Long
Long Time
Stage
Suited
Ways
About
More
Onstage
Miss
Stuff
Know
Lot
Maybe
Acting
Used
Things
Most conspiracies interest me because of the people who are into them, and the lengths they'll go to expose it or the evidence they think they have. All that stuff. There's just something so beautiful to me about people who sincerely believe we never went to the moon. It gives me so much joy.
Paul Giamatti
Beautiful
Me
People
Joy
Moon
Believe
Think
Evidence
Conspiracies
About
Something
Gives
Never
Stuff
Sincerely
Most
Because
Go
Just
Just Something
Interest
Them
To The Moon
Much
Who
Expose
I remember when I was at the first showing of 'John Dies at the End' at Sundance, and I was talking to some of the people in the standby crowd who were outside and didn't have tickets. They were just waiting in line to see if they could get in. It was this whole gang of die-hard sci-fi wacko people, and they were just fantastic.
Paul Giamatti
Waiting
People
Remember
First
Sundance
John
See
Some
Crowd
Could
Outside
Remember When
Tickets
Sci-Fi
Talking
Wacko
Line
Were
End
Get
Dies
Just
Fantastic
Who
Gang
Showing
Whole
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