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" I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to. "

Paul Giamatti

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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. "

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" I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

" I try to avoid people as much as possible. They might change my life! "

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

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" I don't really have any opinion about my performance in 'Big Momma's House.' "

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" I remember when I was at the first showing of 'John Dies at the End' at Sundance, and I was talking to some of the people in the standby crowd who were outside and didn't have tickets. They were just waiting in line to see if they could get in. It was this whole gang of die-hard sci-fi wacko people, and they were just fantastic. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

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

" I definitely had a top-notch education. "

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

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" 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. "

" Growing up, I didn't know where I was headed, except to the grave or maybe to the gutter. I went through wanting to do a lot of things, but acting wasn't one of them. "

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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. "