Paul Giamatti movie quotes

“- Mike Erganian: What is the subject of your book? Non fiction?
- Miles: Uh, no. It's... it's a novel. Fiction. Yes. Although there is quite a bit from my own life... so I suppose that, technically some of it is nonfiction.
- Mike Erganian: Good I like non fiction. There is so much to know about this world. I think you read something somebody...” (continue)(continue reading)
Shaun Duke - Mike Erganian
Paul Giamatti - Miles

“Once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Fuckin' Abraham Lincoln said it, and I fuckin' believe it, so you have got to get me the fuck out! Now!”
Paul Giamatti - Rudy

“Half my life is over and I have nothing to show for it. Nothing. I'm a thumbprint on the window of a skyscraper. I'm a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewage.”
Paul Giamatti - Miles

“- Eisenheim: Are you completely corrupt?
- Inspector Uhl: No, not completely, which is why I'll advise you not to accuse anyone.”
Edward Norton - Eisenheim
Paul Giamatti - Inspector Uhl

“- Hammerson: People love guns because America is a land of opportunity, where a poor man can become rich, and a pussy can become a tough guy, if he's got a gun in his hand. Now, I'm hopin' you're not just a pussy with a gun in your hand.
- Mr. Hertz: Oh no, sir. No, no, I am not. I'm a tough guy with a pussy in my hand.”
Stephen McHattie - Hammerson
Paul Giamatti - Hertz

“- Ralph: Hey, sun came out again.
- P.L. Travers: You say it as if you're surprised, as if the sun were particular about for whom it appears. It seems you think I am responsible for its miraculous dawning every day. For heaven's sake, it's California.”
Paul Giamatti - Ralph
Emma Thompson - P.L. Travers

- Jerry Heller: What's NWA stand for, anyway? "No Whites Allowed", something like that? [chuckles]
- Eazy-E: No... Niggaz Wit' Attitudes.
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller
Jason Mitchell - Eazy-E

“- Lawrence Hayes: It will be so big, that even though it's happening here in California, you will feel it on the East Coast. [looking directly into the zooming camera] Now I cannot emphasize this enough to the people of San Francisco: You need to get out. And I mean now. And if you can't, you need to find any means possible to drop, cover, and...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Giamatti - Dr. Lawrence Hayes

“- Spider-Man: On behalf of the fine people of New York and real rhinos everywhere, I ask you to put your mechanized paws in the air!
- Aleksei Sytsevich: Never! I crush you, I kill you! I destroy you!”
Andrew Garfield - Spider-Man
Paul Giamatti - Aleksei Sytsevich

“- Shorty: If we know anything, we know that time travel's not possible. Einstein proved that. Right?
- Jennings: Time travel, yes. But Einstein was very clear that he believed time viewing, theoretically, could be accomplished.”
Paul Giamatti - Shorty
Ben Affleck - Jennings

“Let me tell you what I see here: a lot of raw talent. Swagger. Bravado. People are scared of you guys. They think you're dangerous, but the world needs to hear it.”
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

“If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am not drinking any fucking Merlot!”
Paul Giamatti - Miles

“I spent my entire academic career studying the Great Depression. The depression may have started because of a stock market crash, but what hit the general economy was a disruption of credit. Average citizens unable to borrow money, to do anything. To buy a home, start a business, stock their shelves.”
Paul Giamatti - Ben Bernanke

“- Jerry Heller: Sign the contract, and all this money is yours.
- Ice Cube: That's my money anyway, Jerry! I earned that money! Now I wrote a lot of hit songs. We've been on this tour for months, selling out shows, selling records. I know it's plenty of money!
- Jerry Heller: Really [chuckles]?
- Jerry Heller: Jesus Christ.
- Ice Cube: Gimme my...” (continue)(continue reading)

Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller
O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ice Cube

“I have long learned, that a man may give offense, and he may still succeed!”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“If what I'm doing is so illegal, how come I've never been sued? If I'm such a fucking thief, such a liar, such a motherfucker, how come nobody's ever come to collect? Because this is business. And this is how it works. And it's not always pretty, no. Do I cover my own ass? Do I cover my own end? Absolutely.”

Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

“- Ice Cube: If we we're so good, why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning?
- Jerry Heller: Because nothing is a sure thing, Cube. Even a great talent can crash and burn. Too much ego, too much excess, too many expectations. It tends to ruin things. You oughta keep that in mind.”
O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ice Cube
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

Ok... who wants an "A" in independent class study? I'm starting a new class: "How to save lives by Hacking Media Outlets".
Paul Giamatti - Dr. Lawrence Hayes

“You can take it from me, the truth, it's overated.”
Paul Giamatti - Marty Wolf

“- P.L. Travers: You are the only American I have ever liked.
- Ralph: May I ask why?
- P.L. Travers: No.”
Emma Thompson - P.L. Travers
Paul Giamatti - Ralph

“Why d'you always pick on me? What am I, Charlie Brown?”
Paul Giamatti - Rudy

“San Francisco is going to get hit again and it's going to be an even bigger monster this time.”

Paul Giamatti - Dr. Lawrence Hayes

“- Miles: Hey, what should I wear?
- Jack: I don't know, something casual but nice. They think you're a writer.”
Paul Giamatti - Miles
Thomas Haden Church - Jack

“- Police Officer: You guys supposed to be somewhere?
- Jerry Heller: These are artists.
- Police Officer: Rap is not an art.
- Jerry Heller: You cannot come down here and harass my clients because of what they look like.”
David Donah - Police Officer
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

“- Blaine: You talk to animals now, do you? Would you like to tell me about it? Or would you rather tell my friend here, Bettleheim?
- Dr. John Dolittle: I don't need to talk to your cat, Blain.
- Blaine: Why, do you think he would talk back to you?
- Dr. John Dolittle: He just might.
- Blaine: And what would he say?
- Bettleheim the Cat: I'd say...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Giamatti - Blaine
Eddie Murphy - Dr. John Dolittle
Chad Einbinder - Bettleheim the Cat