Paul Giamatti Quotes

It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable.

We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.

When I go to work, I don't want to make depressing, gritty, urban stories that are depressing to watch. I want to give people something to enjoy. When people think I'm a control freak and an ogre - which I am - it's only because I want my work to be accessible and Everyman, in a way.

'Cannonball Run II' - you watch that, and it looks like they're having a good time, but it's not necessarily a masterpiece.

When grey character gets entertaining, the job is done.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.

I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.

Sometimes the independent movies can get a little too arty-farty. You watch the IFC Channel and you want to throw up. You don't always have to take things so serious, you know.

To this day, I've found that it doesn't matter what a guy looks like if he's really funny. His sense of humor makes him attractive. On the other hand, you don't hear men saying, 'No she's not pretty, but is she ever funny!'

I can be bought, but not bored.

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.

I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.

I love fun movies that also have something to say. They tend to stay with me, always.

Scott Foley was always fun because he's a very funny guy. So I liked working with him a bunch.

I've always found bad films more enjoyable than good ones.

Not being boring is quite a challenge.

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book.

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

I know that movies are basically meant to be entertainment, but I'm not that interested in entertainment.

If your job is to leaven ordinary lives with elevating spectacle, be elevating or be gone.

'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.

I always wanted to be more of a person that people enjoy. Somebody that will make you laugh. I'm talking about just my personality, not necessarily how my music sounds.

I'm kind of a goofy guy at heart.