Paul Giamatti

“Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along.”

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

“'Capricorn One' just seemed like... wow. That was it, y'know? Nothing was ever going to be better than that movie.”

“I don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get.”

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

“The supporting thing can be harder to pop in and out of. The hardest thing is the people who have to come in and play, say, the bartender for a day - that's a lot harder than playing the lead role. You have to pop in and get it right. It's a lot of pressure to just pop in there and fit in and find your footing really fast.”

“I did a movie called 'American Splendor', based on the comic book writer Harvey Pekar.”

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

“I've very critical of myself, and film has been an adjustment for me.”

“I don't feel like I've ever done anything - even 'Big Momma's House' - that I didn't really have some desire to do.”

“With 'Duplicity', I was a little bit like, 'This isn't that hard of a movie.' This isn't like some huge brain trust of a movie. You gotta be a little bit awake to follow the plot, but it's really just a kind of light entertainment. It's like those Cary Grant movies, which are not meant to be anything other than diverting. In a nice way.”

“I really do like a really good science fiction movie and a really good horror movie. Those are the kinds of things I really like. But, I mean, I'm not into sort of like slasher movies. I like a really good science fiction movie, which is hard to do. They don't make many really good ones any more.”

“I was an English major at Yale, but I did do undergraduate theater there. And I went to the graduate school for acting.”

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

“I have the mentality of a supporting actor.”

“I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.”