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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 - 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. "

Paul Giamatti

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" 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 don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get. "

" I wanted to play Zapruder, as he is a man you really don't know much about: a faceless, anonymous figure. "

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" The supporting thing can be harder to pop in and out of. The hardest thing is the people who have to come in and play, say, the bartender for a day - that's a lot harder than playing the lead role. You have to pop in and get it right. It's a lot of pressure to just pop in there and fit in and find your footing really fast. "

" 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. "

" One of my favourite things growing up was 'Asterix', those books. "

Paul Giamatti

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Books

" I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate school for acting. "

" Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself. "

" If I play a more aggressive, stronger guy, I often go through my day feeling a bit better than when I play somebody who's not. "

Paul Giamatti

Better

Day

" The problem with getting injured when you get older is that it takes longer to recover. "

" 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. "

" 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

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You

" It's funny: most people who recognize me on the subway and stuff - it's much more they think of me as a funny guy. I get much more of people telling me how much I make them laugh, actually. Which is nice. "

" 'Rosemary's Baby' is a real New York movie, even though you wouldn't necessarily think of it as one, though I do. "

" I like playing weird, kind of shady people. "

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Playing

People

" I did a movie called 'American Splendor', based on the comic book writer Harvey Pekar. "

" 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 really only started doing film in '97. I mean, before then, I just pretty much did theater. "

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

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

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Film

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" It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy. "

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

Paul Giamatti

Business

Hole

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

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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 get a break from that, that would be nice. And I feel like I manage to. "

" 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 like to work - I probably work too much. "

" The white male is one of the easiest things to be. There's always a job; there's always something for you to do. "