Paul Giamatti (Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti) Quotes
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better.
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It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.
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I was not really aware of the dystopian genre before I read 'The Handmaid's Tale.' Many poets as well, like John Donne and Emily Dickinson, would be the influences; I specialized in Emily Dickinson at university. Both of those poets have really interesting ways of looking at life and death.
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I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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And we reduce almost all male-female problems by working on both the female and the male. And that usually means having both sexes take responsibility.
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I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
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We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.
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A little man often cast a long shadow.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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Hanging out with my girlfriends is my sanity saver. We go out for a bad chick flick and dinner. I suggest you break free from the guys, see a really silly, girly movie, and get a little something to eat afterwards. It feels like a treat.
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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.
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I wouldn't be happy had I only been a teacher, if all I had done was help young people, frankly. I don't get nearly the joy teaching as I do out of creation.
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It would be more weird if people didn't stare at me or shout at me.
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Because most of my career in the classroom has been at art schools (beginning at Bennington in the 1970s), I am hyper-aware of the often grotesque disconnect between commentary on the arts and the actual practice or production of the arts.
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There was no player I enjoyed playing against more than Kirby. He brought such joy to the game. He elevated the play of everyone around him.
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I knew you could find a certain relief in begging God, it had helped me, but on the other hand, God never answered directly and that was always depressing.
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Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up.
