Paul Giamatti Quotes

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.

Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy.

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.

It's hard for me to characterise myself. I think I'm balanced. Some people might say I'm cold-hearted.

If I were immersed in constant melancholy, I would not be who I am.

Yeah, a lot of people think I'll be a tortured nutcase when they meet me.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

I don't think the way I look at myself has changed.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

I am a very neurotic person all the time.

I'm a fairly neurotic person.

I did struggle with what I want to say socially, but it's important to reflect where I'm at mentally.

I am the first one that knows when I am not doing well or I am doing well.

I kind of want everyone to think I'm a crazy person.

If you're feeling stressed or anxious and you don't know why, ask yourself: What little thing led me here? Recently, I canceled on a friend because I was tired. I went to bed feeling stressed out, and I realized, I feel bad because I canceled.

I do not consider myself a teddybear. Just to be clear, I don't feel sorry for myself.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

It's hard to distinguish when I was actually struggling from when I only felt like I was struggling - which was pretty much always.

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'