Paul Giamatti Dedicates ‘The Holdovers’ Golden Globe Win to Teachers: ‘They Do a Good Thing. It’s a Tough Job.’
variety.comJaden Thompson Paul Giamatti dedicated his Golden Globe win to teachers, accepting the award for best performance by an actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy.
Giamatti stars in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” as a curmudgeonly New England prep school instructor who must stay on campus over winter break, forming bonds with a student (Dominic Sessa) and the school’s cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). “It’s a movie about a teacher.
I play a teacher in it. My whole family, they are teachers. All of them, going back generations,” Giamatti told the crowd in his speech. “Teachers are good people.
We’ve got to respect them. They do a good thing. It’s a tough job. So this is for teachers.” Giamatti kicked off his acceptance speech with a quick joke — “So many stairs!
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