Definitions Quotes by Paul Giamatti

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.

— Paul Giamatti

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

— Paul Giamatti

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…

— Paul Giamatti

I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.

— Paul Giamatti

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…

— Paul Giamatti

I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid…

— Paul Giamatti

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any…

— Paul Giamatti

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

— Paul Giamatti

Maybe it's because I have too much pride or self-respect, but I thought, `Why does a guy who has thinning hair and who is…

— Paul Giamatti

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

— Paul Giamatti

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

— Paul Giamatti

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