Paul Bettany Quotes

17 quotes in 279 categories

• The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk…
• I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist.
• The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didnt think about it coming along with the…
• It's weird, because usually if you're British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies in America.
• For a while, I stopped enjoying making movies and I stopped enjoying acting, because I made a few decisions that I wish I hadn't made.
• I still read the British papers, but I've never been a Royalist, ever. It's funny, there always seems to be much more of a fascination…
• I was born a Catholic and now I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm something but I'm not a believer any more.
• I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that much.
• So the actual privilege is that you can then take time off - and if you don't, you're a fool. You're earning all this money…
• In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least…
• The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what makes it beautiful.
• Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.
• For some ungodly reason, I end up being naked in a lot of stuff. But there is a certain grace and kudos that come with…
• I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd…
• I think when you're trying to produce a relationship on screen that doesn't actually exist, perhaps sometimes there's a temptation to look at each other…
• Yeah, I love history and I loved it as a kid.

Browse Paul Bettany Quotes by Category