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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. "

Paul Giamatti

Man

Religion

Regret

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Dress-Up

Acting

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" Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Paul Giamatti

Life

My Life

" I have the mentality of a supporting actor. "

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

" I'm pretty easy to get along with on set, but I'm probably hard on myself. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt. "

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Paul Giamatti

Playing

People

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" I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do. "

Paul Giamatti

House

Feel

" 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. "

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Paul Giamatti

Crazy

Lady

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