Giovanni Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi, known professionally as Giovanni Ribisi, is an American actor and producer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 December 1974
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
affect greed hopefully inspire manipulate secular somebody trying
Hopefully it will affect somebody and will inspire something. I'm not trying to manipulate what people's interpretation of the movie is. But I think that for me it was about greed and lusting after this secular world. And I'm not trying to be pretentious, but if it can be an explanation of that world, then great.
forever trying acting
Acting is ephemeral. It's not like making a painting that lasts forever. You're doing something, and the very action which comes and goes, is being demonstrated in front of you. Within that process, you're trying to go against the grain.
cool critical everybody sundance
I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive.
money people ruthless
Those people are unabashedly ruthless as far as money is concerned.
three
Yes! In three months, you'll be a millionaire!
audition jump martin movies scorsese spielberg steven
I think Steven Spielberg has first movies! Martin Scorsese has first movies. I don't just jump into something. I like the whole audition process.
career ease four good knew risk spent time
He spent four years writing it and he was very at ease on the set. At the same time he really knew what he wanted. I wouldn't look at it as a career risk as much as, "Will it be a good working experience?
thinking phones cells
I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.
phones two people
We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting.
dope would-be alleys
Without Scientology, I would be in an alley somewhere looking for dope.
past years careers
I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful
jobs focus shy
I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus
important use actors
What an actor says is much, much less important than a life, so that's the great use for improvisation; you go, you find the life and then you add the words.
path vocation you-choose
Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is