Paul Giamatti

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q208649: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (10 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career context): Paul Giamatti → Sideways. Lady in the Water was the first thing Giamatti booked after Sideways, his big lead after that breakthrough.
    “I think this is the first thing he booked after sideways.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:44:59 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career context): Paul Giamatti → Cinderella Man. Between Sideways and Lady in the Water he made Cinderella Man and got an Oscar nomination.
    “In between he had made Cinderella Man and gotten his Oscar nomination.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:45:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (performance comparison): Paul Giamatti → Tim Roth. Giamatti's Limbo beats Roth's Thade by leaps and bounds.
    “Oh, I think Giamati Bike leaps and bounds.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:05:03 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Giamatti makes the strongest choice, playing Limbo as unrepentant; he and Burton agreed he shouldn't become good, and he should sell kids aspirin. The aspirin joke is the only good one.
    “He should sell kids aspirin.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:10:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Paul Giamatti: He was the only cast member who said he wanted to do a sequel, imagining apes in an office meeting.
    “He was the only person with the cast who said he wanted to do a sequel.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:11:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Giamatti's stutter appears from his second line, as he fixes a sink with the line about broken tiles.
    “And they start the stutter at line two.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 0:23:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Paul Giamatti: The milk mustache scene: Giamatti rolls on a couch with milk on his beard to seem innocent for the grandmother, and the amount of milk changes between cuts.
    “the amount of milk on his mustache changes per every time they cut”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:04:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Paul Giamatti: Four scenes; Powell gives him the Dion Waiters award for a grounded performance for what's probably two days on a stage.
    “Gimati's in like 4 scenes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:59 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Paul Giamatti: After the Globes, Giamatti went to In-N-Out and ate two burgers, no fries; Sean calls it campaigning but respects the twist.
    “But I did like the twist of the of the 2 burgers, no fries.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:28:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)