English - Actor | May 27, 1971 -
I did eight months of training for 'Wimbledon,' and then, by the time I finished the movie another four months later, I was like, 'That's me. I'm done with tennis.'
Paul Bettany
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I'm an immigrant - I've got to be in the city: London, Vienna, or Rome, but always a city.
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I've noticed, in the ebbs and flows of success and popularity, so much of it is fraudulent and to be distrusted.
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Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers.
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Trying to be a good actor has to be involved with placing yourself imaginatively in different people's circumstances.
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No one I know works in the industry. No, that's not true - Liv Tyler.
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I think the success of the Marvel films comes from the fact that they're made by fans. They really love those characters. When I first came out dressed as Vision, Kevin Feige nearly cried.
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I know great actors whom nothing has ever happened for.
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I don't enjoy watching action films, but I loved films like 'Rust and Bone' and 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped.'
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Sure, you can do something frothy and ridiculous, but you should probably be confident that it's going to be a sure-fire hit. Then it's sensible, because it enables you to make smaller movies. But if you make something frothy and ridiculous that doesn't work, it's not worth it.
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I was bullied about everything, from the way I looked to the fact that my father had been a dancer.
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There are lots of people that make movies. It's not just the director.
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