126 Quotes by Paul Giamatti

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.

Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy.

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

People say he's an intimidating guy and stuff like that. I suppose he is, but it's his talent that makes him intimidating more than anything else.

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,

You start to really lose perspective on the movie when the critical response is as weirdly, regressively unanimous as it is.

I'm not a guy who has a lot of, 'I want to work with so-and-so.' I'll take whatever work I can get.

I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.