Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamattiis an American actor and comedian. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Cinderella Man and is also known for his roles in the films Private Parts, Sideways, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, Big Fat Liar, Love & Mercy, Straight Outta Compton, and Win Win, as well as the miniseries John Adams and Downton Abbey. He has won two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 June 1967
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.
Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.
I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male.
I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.
I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all.
I like to work - I probably work too much.
I get tired of myself pretty fast.
Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.
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.
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.
And I asked my mother 'can I touch the lady in the water? And she said yes I could, but I had to touch Mommy first. And then I asked, 'Mom, can I date the lady in the water?' and she said smiling 'sure, but you gotta date me first.' And yesterday I said 'Mom, may I marry the lady in the water?' and she said o.k., but you'll have to marry me first.
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 don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.
I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.