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" I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the kinds of things I really like. But, I mean, I'm not into sort of like slasher movies. I like a really good science fiction movie, which is hard to do. They don't make many really good ones any more. "

Paul Giamatti

Horror

Mean

Movies

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" I was more used to acting onstage, for a long time. I don't know, maybe I was temperamentally more suited to stage stuff. And there are things about the stage that I miss in a lot of ways. "

" The 'Planet of the Apes' movies made me wanna - probably unconsciously - be an actor. Seriously. And The Mummy - and 'Hammer horror' movies. 'Fantastic.' I loved stuff like that, and that stuff probably did more than anything to make me wanna do it. "

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

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

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" Now, actors get so familiarized with Eastern Europe. I never imagined I'd get as familiar with Budapest and Prague and places like that in my life. "

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My Life

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

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Big

" 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. "

" I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly. "

" I definitely had a top-notch education. "

" I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kind of movie, man. "

" I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young. "

" I have the mentality of a supporting actor. "

" I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't get in bad, bad trouble. "

" I worked with J. T. Walsh - it was one of the best experiences I ever had - a fantastic actor and a great guy. I was in the last movie that he did: 'The Negotiator.' He died a couple of months after that. He was great. "

" This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it. "

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Business

Hole

" Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it. "

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Never

Good

" 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 more work; it's about not having enough money. "

" 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 was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time. "

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" I consider myself an atheist. My wife is Jewish. And I'm fine with my son being raised as a Jew. He's learning Hebrew and is really into it. I will talk to my own son about my atheism when the time is right. But there's a great tradition of Jewish atheism, there are no better atheists in the world than the Jews. "

" 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 can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up. "

Paul Giamatti

Dress-Up

Acting

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" I would probably choose supporting roles if I had to make a choice. It's actually a really hard thing to say. It's all on a role-by-role basis, ultimately. I shouldn't be so quick to say that. I feel like you're given greater license to be colorful and eccentric in supporting roles, and that's interesting to me. "

Paul Giamatti

Say

You

" 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. "

Paul Giamatti

Say

Know