Paul Giamatti (Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti) Quotes
I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
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90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
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There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.
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Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in.
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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
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There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.
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Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
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I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
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Kabir Khan is that rare director who manages to merge Bollywood formula with a good story.
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I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
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Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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Coaches and headmasters praise sport as a preparation for the great game of life, but this is absurd. Nothing could be more different from life. For one thing sports, unlike life, are played according to rules. Indeed, the rules are the sport: life may behave bizarrely and still be life, but if the runner circles the bases clockwise it's no longer baseball.
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I think one of the great things about acting is the instant gratification: you just get up and start being a part of the story. The immediacy is something you get really addicted to.
