Enough Quote by Paul Giamatti

“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

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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 get any…

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

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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 who is…

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

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

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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].

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