Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamattiis an American actor and comedian. 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 Private Parts, Sideways, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, Big Fat Liar, Love & Mercy, Straight Outta Compton, and Win Win, as well as the miniseries John Adams and Downton Abbey. He has won two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 June 1967
CityNew Haven, CT
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.
And I asked my mother 'can I touch the lady in the water? And she said yes I could, but I had to touch Mommy first. And then I asked, 'Mom, can I date the lady in the water?' and she said smiling 'sure, but you gotta date me first.' And yesterday I said 'Mom, may I marry the lady in the water?' and she said o.k., but you'll have to marry me first.
I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.
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.
I definitely had a top-notch education.
I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.
I'd like to have permanent time off, really. The goal is financial security and permanent time off, basically.
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.
I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.
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.
Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.
I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.
I've got to be the geekiest guy in the world in a lot of ways. I'm like a zeta male.