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Paul Giamatti Biography

Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Cinderella Man and is also known for his roles in the films Thunderpants, Private Parts, Sideways, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, Big Fat Liar, Love & Mercy, Straight Outta Compton, San Andreas, and Win Win, as well as the series Downton Abbey and the miniseries John Adams. He has won two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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

Hero, Mean, Play

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

Acting, Like, Playing, Playing Dress Up, Silly, Thing

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.

Guy, Kinds, Mind, Nice, Playing, Way

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

Describe, Describe Me, Free, Turtle, Turtles

I like playing weird, kind of shady people.

Kind, Like, People, Shady

I definitely had a top-notch education.

Definitely, Education, Notches, Top Notch

I feel like in a lot of ways I've gotten kind of soft as an actor, not doing stage stuff. In terms of being a better actor, it's really important.

Important, Actors, Stuff, Like, Soft, Ways

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.

Character, Different, Know, Man, Men, Unlikable

I have a son who's been raised Jewish because his mom is Jewish. I have a whole different set of holidays to celebrate. Everybody is thrown together with their family in such an intense way, opening all of that stuff again. You're cooped up with everybody and forced to exist with them, and you're forced to try to relate to them in this way that's more open. I guess that just doesn't work for a lot of people.

Cooped, Holiday, Mom, Son, Way, Whole

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.

Brother, Children, Thing, Trouble, Wander

I get tired of myself pretty fast.

Fast, Pretty, Tired

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Actor, Actors, Interesting, Person, Persons, Supporting

The broad comedy thing is really hard to do on film.

Comedy, Film, Broads, Hard, Thing

I get a fair amount of time between projects, which is great. It takes me awhile to start getting nervous about getting another job again. I don't mind having a lot of down time. I'm pretty lazy. So I really don't mind it. But I'm lucky; I work fairly steadily. I'm lucky that I've managed to do that.

Jobs, Lazy, Mind, Projects, Steadily, Work

I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about giving an extraordinary performance.

Thinking, Giving, Good Enough, Think, Thought

I felt like I did lots of crappy work in the past. I can't even tell.

Felt, Like, Lots, Past, Tell, Work

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

Anymore, Big, Guy, Men, Wine

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

Career, Careers, Movies, Particular, Thought

Come on, man. . . . Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published.

Hemingway, Killing Yourself, Man, Men, Plath

My definition of likeable may be different from other people's. That's not traditional likeable. Sympathy is a different thing [to define it].

People, Different, May, Thing, Likeable, Traditional

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