Paul Bettany Quotes & Sayings

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

“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.”

“The fact that in America bread lasts so long. You buy bread, and then it's bread forever - it's Forever Bread!”

“But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.”

“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 taking your clothes off on the first day, a respect that is given by the rest of the cast.”

“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 have a purity of intent.”

“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 to support children whom you then don't see, which is absurd.”

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

“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.”