Paul Giamatti movie quotes

“Guns don't kill people! But they sure help.”
Paul Giamatti - Hertz

- Ralph: "Albert Einstein, Van Gogh, Roosevelt, Frida Kahlo" - What is this?
- P.L. Travers: They all had difficulties. Jane can do anything that anyone else can do, do you understand? Look on the back.
- Ralph: "Walt Disney".
- P.L. Travers: Deficiencies in concentration and hyperactive behavior. Explains everything!

Paul Giamatti - Ralph
Emma Thompson - P.L. Travers

“Oh posterity, you will never know how much it cost us to preserve your freedom. I hope that you will make a good use of it, for if you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“- Serena Johnson: Are you saying you think the whole San Andreas fault might go off?
- Lawrence Hayes: Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.
- Phoebe: Who should we call?
- Lawrence Hayes: Everybody.”
Archie Panjabi - Serena Johnson
Paul Giamatti - Dr. Lawrence Hayes
Marissa Neitling - Phoebe

“- Ben Bernanke: Lehman's down another 10%.
- Henry Paulson: You are not gonna let me get down a single bite, are you?
- Ben Bernanke: This is why I have oatmeal”

Paul Giamatti - Ben Bernanke
William Hurt - Henry Paulson

“- Jack: I might be in love with another woman.
- Miles Raymond: In love? Really? 24 hours with some wine-pourer chick and you're fucking in love?”
Thomas Haden Church - Jack
Paul Giamatti - Miles

“My thoughts are so clear to me... each one takes perfect shape within my mind. But when I speak, when I offer them to others, they seem to lose all definition.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“- Mr. Hertz: But before we part ways, tell me one thing: I am dead on about who you are, right?
- Mr. Smith: Say that again?
- Mr. Hertz: I said, I am dead...
- Mr. Smith: Stop. That part of it you got right.”
Paul Giamatti - Hertz
Clive Owen - Smith

“I like playing weird, kind of shady people.”
Paul Giamatti

“I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like.”
Paul Giamatti

“Attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time.”
Paul Giamatti

“I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway.”
Paul Giamatti

“I find that the crazy narcissists, the selfish loons are often the most fun to be around, weirdly.”
Paul Giamatti

“Despite your crass behavior, I'm actually glad we're getting this time together.”

Paul Giamatti - Miles

“- Jim Braddock: You drove all the way out here to talk about the weather?
- Joe Gould: Maybe I was in the neighborhood! Did you ever think of that? A little fresh air!
- Jim Braddock: Hey Joe, this is Jersey.
- Joe Gould: Good point.”
Jim Braddock - Jim Braddock
Paul Giamatti - Joe Gould

“- Ford: How much for the little girl? You have no need for her. One so young will bring you no profit.
- Freeman: I will not sell the girl. There's heaps and piles of money to be made off her.”

Benedict Cumberbatch - Ford
Paul Giamatti - Freeman

“- Ralph: Welcome, Mrs. P.L. Travers, to the city of angels.
- P.L. Travers: It smells... of...
- Ralph: Jasmine?
- P.L. Travers: Chlorine, and sweat.”
Paul Giamatti - Ralph
Emma Thompson - P.L. Travers

“I'm a married man, I'm not used to this much attention.”
Paul Giamatti - John

“Revenge makes people unpredictable.”

Paul Giamatti - Tom Duffy

“- P.L. Travers: I'd so much rather be accountable for the rain.
- Ralph: Oh, that's sad.
- P.L. Travers: Sad is entirely the wrong emotion. I shan't bother explaining why. It would just... Zip!
- Ralph: Huh. Okey-dokey.
- P.L. Travers: The rain brings life.
- Ralph: So does the sun.
- P.L. Travers: Be quiet!”
Emma Thompson - P.L. Travers
Paul Giamatti - Ralph

“War is never inevitable.”
Paul Giamatti - John Adams

“- Nick 'Santa' Claus: I never realized. You hate me.
- Fred Claus: I don't hate you, Nick. I just wish you'd never been born.”
Paul Giamatti - Nick 'Santa' Claus
Vince Vaughn - Fred Claus

“- Harvey Pekar: You don't have any problems with moving to Cleveland?
- Joyce Brabner: Not really. I find most American cities to be depressing in the same way.”
Paul Giamatti - Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis - Joyce Brabner

“- Mr. Hertz: Are you trying to tell me that some bum came to her rescue? Well well well, this is a fine mess.
- Killer Shot in Behind: I won't make this mistake again. I got a piece of lead in my butt as a reminder!
- Mr. Hertz: Yeah, I can appreciate that. And let that be a reminder never to fail me again.”

Paul Giamatti - Hertz
Scott McCord - Killer Shot in Behind

“I don't really understand why there needs to be so much tension about this. The country is facing the worst economy since the Great Depression. If the financial system collapses, it will take every one of you down.”
Paul Giamatti - Ben Bernanke