Paul Giamatti Quotes (8 Quotes)

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

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

The most surprising thing about it is I thought he's going to walk in and it's going to be like these stories you always hear about De Niro where he does 45 takes of walking through a door,

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.

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

I can't imagine a greater honor than being acknowledged by my peers. Being an actor is a hell of a thing. It's a hell of a thing. It's up and down. It's great, but I found the best thing about it is hanging around the craft-service table with other actors and crew people, eating doughnuts.

He's clearly got a temper on him. When we met, the first thing he said to me was, 'I'm an irascible guy' - and he clearly can be - but he was great to work with. I never saw him show his temper because most of the time I was working with him he was getting to hit somebody else in the story.

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.