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I did a movie called 'America...

I did a movie called 'American Splendor', based on the comic book writer Harvey Pekar.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I want to be a villain with s...

I want to be a villain with steel hands or something. I want to be the crazy, world-domination-obsessed villain. I would love to be a Bond villain.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I don't really have any opini...

I don't really have any opinion about my performance in 'Big Momma's House.'

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

Sometimes, I think I may be m...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I played old men back in dram...

I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

This whole business feels kin...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

You are absolutely free to de...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

It's funny: most people who r...

It's funny: most people who recognize me on the subway and stuff - it's much more they think of me as a funny guy. I get much more of people telling me how much I make them laugh, actually. Which is nice.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I don't mind talking about ac...

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 39 quotes

I would probably choose suppo...

I would probably choose supporting roles if I had to make a choice. It's actually a really hard thing to say. It's all on a role-by-role basis, ultimately. I shouldn't be so quick to say that. I feel like you're given greater license to be colorful and eccentric in supporting roles, and that's interesting to me.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I don't feel like I've ever d...

I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I consider myself an atheist....

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 39 quotes

Religion features more now in...

Religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid - my dad rejected the Catholic church as a young man. I had no religious upbringing, but certainly, Dad was a kind of secular humanist. I don't know if he was an atheist or agnostic. I regret I didn't talk to him about it.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

With 'Duplicity', I was a lit...

With 'Duplicity', I was a little bit like, 'This isn't that hard of a movie.' This isn't like some huge brain trust of a movie. You gotta be a little bit awake to follow the plot, but it's really just a kind of light entertainment. It's like those Cary Grant movies, which are not meant to be anything other than diverting. In a nice way.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I learned how to fire a snipe...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I've very critical of myself,...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I was the youngest child and ...

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.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

I don't consider myself a ver...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

Do you know Don Coscarelli? '...

Do you know Don Coscarelli? 'Bubba Ho-Tep?' That's one of my favorite movies in the world. And I love the 'Phantasm' movies.

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

Academia is a rarified cultur...

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

Paul Giamatti 39 quotes

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