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Paul Giamatti

(1967) Film Actor United States

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Paul Giamatti is a film actor from the United States, best known for The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!.

Quick Facts About Paul Giamatti

Born: June 6, 1967
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Spouse: Elizabeth Giamatti

About Paul Giamatti

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

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Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actor

Quotes by Paul Giamatti

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

Colorful

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Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

Being

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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,…

Actor

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

Bars

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Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not…

Doe

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

Compelled

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

Actors

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

Academia

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

Doe

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

Adjustment

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

Financial

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

Definitions

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I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally…

Being nice

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I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I…

Acting

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And I asked my mother 'can I touch the lady in the water? And she said yes I could, but I had…

Firsts

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Come on, man.... Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published.

Killing yourself

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I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.

Checks

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Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

Am

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

Fire

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I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it.

Acting

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I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

Kind

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

Because

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I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Actor

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I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.

Brad

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I like to work - I probably work too much.

Too much

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