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I don't mind talking about acting. I don't have anything interesting to say about it, but it's interesting talking about it. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#acting #anything #i #interesting #mind

I don't think film actors need training, really. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#film actors #i #need #really #think

I learned how to fire a sniper rifle, which I'm sure will be useful at some point. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#how #i #learned #point #rifle

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

— Paul Giamatti

#hero #i #mean #play #something

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. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#cruise #fraught #heroic #i #just

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. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#brother #brother and sister #child #doing #freedom

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. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#became #because #dad #died #doing

Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#i #i think #may #more #recognizable

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. ↗

— Paul Giamatti

#always #anything #does #flattering #know

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

— Paul Giamatti

#absolutely free #describe #free #me #something