Actors like you — Simon Pegg, Seth Rogen — you're depicted as schlubby sex symbols. How do you feel about that?
Well, it's not great, to be honest. The whole idea of, "Paul Giamatti is kind of sexy." Well, yeah he's sexy. Ask his fucking wife or anyone he's ever laid.
Is it surprising? No, because attraction doesn't come from abs and pecs. It comes from somewhere else altogether. If Penelope Cruz was a shit actress, no one would fancy her. It's that simple. Because the actresses who are beautiful and act like shit are going to be forgotten in about five days. So it's double-edged sword, because people are like, "Hey, you're sexy! But you're kind of ugly!" I'm not supposed to be happy about that.