No one ever comes up to me and says, 'Hey man, I loved your work in 'Road Trip.' They say, 'Are you that guy?' Like, they have no idea. 'Were you in 'American Pie 2?' Paulo Costanzo More Quotes by Paulo Costanzo More Quotes From Paulo Costanzo This doesn't seem like one of those 'truth will set you free' situations. Paulo Costanzo situationtruthreality I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser. Paulo Costanzo losertheatermusical My parents were hippies. They met at an ashram, where they were studying how to be enlightened. Paulo Costanzo studyparenthippie There are certain scripts that are just written in a way where, for whatever reason, I read it, and instantly that inspiration hit me and it was just kind of electric, and I didn't have to think about it. It just kind of went from there. Paulo Costanzo kindinspirationthinking I grew up as a fairly poor kid in, you know, Toronto, Canada. I don't think I owned any new clothes until I was, like, 15 or something. They were all second-hand and forged from paper. Paulo Costanzo kidshandsthinking I'm an east coaster, you know, I'm brought up in Toronto where it's very much like, kind of a miniature New York in that there's a subway and you're surrounded by people a lot and, you know, you bump into people and you have interactions and you communicate and la la la. Paulo Costanzo eastnew-yorkpeople A sitcom, you rehearse for four days of the week and then you shoot it all in one night in front of a studio audience. It's like a play every week, you just shoot it over a seven or eight-day period with a single camera. I enjoy this format of show much more. I'm a feature guy. I like making movies. So the four camera thing I didn't love it that much. I found myself slightly out of my element. Paulo Costanzo weekguynight In high school, my first thing ever was I played Tony in West Side Story when I was about 17. I was a really shy kid and I just like forced myself to learn how to sing this one month because I loved West Side Story so much and I somehow managed to get the role. I had an afro and glasses, and the guy who cast me goes, "All right, the first thing to go is the afro and the next thing, I'm going to buy you contacts and we're going to get you..." So he kind of molded me into what it had to - that's still probably the hardest role I've every played in anything, the most taxing role. Paulo Costanzo guykidsschool The only thing I would advise young actors to do is prepare for the amount of adversity that you're going to come in contact with by choosing to be an actor because before you actually "made it" or get the skills, people are all not going to take you seriously, and many people will try to discourage you from it. Don't take any of their advice. Do it, and do it and do it. Remember the compliments. Forget the insults. Paulo Costanzo adversityadvicepeople I know it sounds cliche, but you have to believe in yourself because there's going to be moments that no one else does. Paulo Costanzo clichemomentsbelieve Yes, I'm half Italian. So my grandfather speaks heavy Italian... and I couldn't understand a word he said. Paulo Costanzo understandhalfgrandfathersaid What I would love is a crossover between 'Royal Pains' and 'Burn Notice,' that we could be involved in some sort of gun play intrigue. I would really love that because we have no guns. We have nowhere near enough explosions and guns on the set. Paulo Costanzo royalgunlove-islove I've always wanted to play Jerry Seinfeld's son, actually, because he's the only person who anyone ever says I look like, in my entire - ever in my life. Paulo Costanzo my-lifelooklifeson I started out more interested in drama, but comedy just came naturally to me, and it's become what I'm most known for, even though my sensibilities still lean towards the dramatic for the most part. Paulo Costanzo moremecomedydrama
