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" I've never not been proud of the work I was doing; I have nothing I have any shame about. "
Paul Giamatti
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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. "
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" 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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" There is something pleasurable for an actor to produce something and not be in it. "
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" I was a big 'Planet of The Apes' fan, so I was really excited about being in it. I had a really good time. I liked wearing all that stuff, and I liked playing the part. "
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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 more work; it's about not having enough money. "
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" I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor. "
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" I get tired of myself pretty fast. "
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" 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. "
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" Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up. "
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" I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt. "
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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. "
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" I don't really have any opinion about my performance in 'Big Momma's House.' "
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Big
House
" One of my favourite things growing up was 'Asterix', those books. "
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Things
Up
Books
" I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point. "
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" 'Capricorn One' just seemed like... wow. That was it, y'know? Nothing was ever going to be better than that movie. "
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" Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear. "
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Well
" 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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" 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. "
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" Religion features more now in my life than it did when I was a kid - my dad rejected the Catholic church as a young man. I had no religious upbringing, but certainly, Dad was a kind of secular humanist. I don't know if he was an atheist or agnostic. I regret I didn't talk to him about it. "
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" You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something. "
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" I never thought I would have any particular career in movies at all. "
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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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" 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. "
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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. "
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