For the second time now, an Alexander Payne movie has changed Paul Giamatti’s life.
The first, “Sideways” (2004), established the actor as a leading man with a distinctly compelling screen presence. The second, “The Holdovers,” released last fall, earned him his first Academy Award nomination in the best actor category, announced early Tuesday morning.
For Giamatti, 56, the news caps a busy awards season in which he has already received nominations from the BAFTAs and the Screen Actors Guild and won a Golden Globe. In a phone interview from his home in Brooklyn hours after it was announced, the actor shared how he was processing the news. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
How do you feel?
I don’t know! I’m not quite sure what to think. It’s a strange thing. It’s very, very nice. I’m very happy, but I’m also just sort of flabbergasted.
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