Paul Bettany

I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way,…

— Paul Bettany

I feel like the world we live in seems to be full of an increasingly grey area, but the culture that we…

— Paul Bettany

Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers.

— Paul Bettany

The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didnt think about it coming…

— Paul Bettany

I was bullied about everything, from the way I looked to the fact that my father had been a dancer.

— Paul Bettany

No one I know works in the industry. No, that's not true - Liv Tyler.

— Paul Bettany

For some ungodly reason, I end up being naked in a lot of stuff. But there is a certain grace and kudos…

— Paul Bettany

I'm sure some people have an absolute grasp of where they are in their careers. I just don't think about it that…

— Paul Bettany

I'm never late, and I love that. Because when you've got three kids and a life to be living, and somebody's half…

— Paul Bettany

There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.

— Paul Bettany

I know great actors whom nothing has ever happened for.

— Paul Bettany

But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think…

— Paul Bettany

I loved working with Peter Weir. I think he's one of the greats and will be remembered as one of the greats.

— Paul Bettany

I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of…

— Paul Bettany

I was born a Catholic and now I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm something but I'm not a believer any more.

— Paul Bettany

My relationship with 'Star Wars' is that I'm old enough that I saw it when it first came out - 'A New…

— Paul Bettany

The difficulty of looking at a system like natural selection if you have any sort of moral sense yourself, is almost what…

— Paul Bettany

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…

— Paul Bettany

I remember coming on my first set and it being a playground of things I wanted to ask questions about: cameras and…

— Paul Bettany

I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist. I…

— Paul Bettany

In a world of increasing grey areas, we are becoming more and more entrenched in black and white positions.

— Paul Bettany

I have an interest in giving people a cathartic experience, and making them look at homeless people differently, and making them question…

— Paul Bettany

In the old days when I first was coming up, you would turn up on set in the morning with your coffee,…

— Paul Bettany

Paul is an awful name. I might as well be Bob.

— Paul Bettany

Sure, you can do something frothy and ridiculous, but you should probably be confident that it's going to be a sure-fire hit.…

— Paul Bettany