Latest Paul Giamatti Quotes from Interviews

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• I felt like I did lots of crappy work in the past. I can't even tell.

  Paul Giamatti

  Past

  Source: film.avclub.com

• 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. I think I've gotten a little easier on myself, or at least a little more usefully critical of myself. I think before, I just couldn't take looking at myself at all.

  Paul Giamatti

  Thinking, Acting

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I just don't want to be bored. That's the only criteria I have when I choose a role to play. I like it if the script is good and the director seems like he's gonna be good. But if I can find a variety of things to do, which I feel like I manage to do, as far as the actual performing goes and the character, that's huge for me. To be able to feel like I can do a fairly diverse array of things. I've been lucky in that way. 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.

  Paul Giamatti

  Nice, Character, Bored

  Source: film.avclub.com

• The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film.

  Paul Giamatti

  Comedy, Film, Broads

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

• I feel like in a lot of ways I've gotten kind of soft as an actor, not doing stage stuff. In terms of being a better actor, it's really important.

  Paul Giamatti

  Important, Actors, Stuff

  Source: www.aboutfilm.com

• I married a Jewish lady, and we're raising our son Jewish, and since I'm not Jewish the whole thing is just a mystery to me. I leave it to her, actually, because it's just a great mystery.

  Paul Giamatti

  Son, Married, Mystery

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I get a fair amount of time between projects, which is great. It takes me awhile to start getting nervous about getting another job again. I don't mind having a lot of down time. I'm pretty lazy. So I really don't mind it. But I'm lucky; I work fairly steadily. I'm lucky that I've managed to do that.

  Paul Giamatti

  Jobs, Lazy, Mind

• I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.

  Paul Giamatti

  Goal, Financial, Permanent

  "Profile and Interview: Paul Giamatti". Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. August 2003.

• I get tired of myself pretty fast. So I can't imagine other people don't get tired of me.

  Paul Giamatti

  Tired, People, Imagine

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I think I have a tendency to overwork things. I have a hard time finding that sweet spot that most actors seem to be able to hit where they're doing the exact right amount of work, not overthinking, not underdoing it. I seem to either overdo it or underdo it.

  Paul Giamatti

  Sweet, Hard Times, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about giving an extraordinary performance.

  Paul Giamatti

  Thinking, Giving, Good Enough

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I wouldn't say that I'm aggressive in going out to find work and stuff like that. I just sort of, if something comes along, and it's something I like, and they want to hire me, I'll do it. I won't just do anything.

  Paul Giamatti

  Going Out, Want, Stuff

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 01, 2003.

• I have a son who's been raised Jewish because his mom is Jewish. I have a whole different set of holidays to celebrate. Everybody is thrown together with their family in such an intense way, opening all of that stuff again. You're cooped up with everybody and forced to exist with them, and you're forced to try to relate to them in this way that's more open. I guess that just doesn't work for a lot of people.

  Paul Giamatti

  Mom, Holiday, Son

  Source: collider.com

• My definition of likeable may be different from other people's. That's not traditional likeable. Sympathy is a different thing [to define it].

  Paul Giamatti

  People, Different, May

  Source: collider.com