Logic doesn't really provide for loyalty. If your logic changes suddenly and things not make sense, you can alter your allegiance, but love stops you from being able to do that. Paul Bettany More Quotes by Paul Bettany More Quotes From Paul Bettany 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 job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it. Paul Bettany jobs drama school 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. Paul Bettany naughty play 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. Paul Bettany acting decision wish 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 believer born catholic 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 its fantastic. Paul Bettany littles men thinking I was brought up Catholic. I'm lapsed. From the age of three I was with the nuns. Now I'm an atheist. I think religion does a lot for us but I can't quite believe it, alas... It's just a personal choice. I love the idea of heaven though. Who doesn't? It's lovely. Paul Bettany atheist believe thinking 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 more, to touch each other more... Paul Bettany temptation trying thinking Actors can be many things - vain, venal, self-serving, obnoxious, bullies - but all of the good ones are great storytellers. I wanted to watch what my actors were doing and how they were telling the story. Paul Bettany bully self stories 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. Paul Bettany careers people thinking I don't want to infantilize the actor; I want to empower the actor. Actors can be many things, but all of the really good ones are really great storytellers, and I'm interested in that. If you're not interested in that as a director then you better be Stanley Kurbrick. Paul Bettany empowering actors directors An actor has so much less space and responsibility. Sometimes you come on, and there are already tape marks for where you are supposed to stand, and the dialogue is already decided on. If you want to make a change and contribute something, it has to be approved by a number of people. Paul Bettany space responsibility numbers I think language is the most important thing that human beings have ever accomplished, and the only thing that's really going to get us all out of the troubles that we find ourselves in. Paul Bettany language important thinking I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought. Paul Bettany actors stories directors I realized that this story [Shelter] is all about family, family loss, and how it influences you day to day life. Paul Bettany shelter stories loss I never really took into account the number of homeless families. As a kid, we used to feed the hungry at my church every other Saturday, and one day this kid from my school was there. Somewhere between that moment of realization and appreciation for what my Dad sacrificed for us to have, and me becoming "Anthony Mackie" I lost it. This movie [Shelter] really made me realize that, and it was very humbling and very sickening to see that within myself. Paul Bettany dad appreciation school Half of NYC's homeless populations are families.Homeless people have been ignored for too long. I'll just say this: If you are a family on the brink of eviction you are 80% less likely to get evicted if you have legal counsel. However, there is no right to legal counsel in housing court.It would cost the city $12,500 to grant that family legal counsel. Meanwhile, the average stay for a homeless family in a shelter once they have been evicted cost the city $45,000. So not only does it seem like the right thing to do morally, it's also the right thing to do fiscally. Paul Bettany nyc cities average An agent friend of mine who will remain nameless said you can't make a romance about homeless people; nobody wants to see them kiss. And I thought, what a repulsive, repugnant, extraordinary thing to say. I had to think about the fact that the world is probably full of other people who feel like that. The very idea that we spend time trying to humanize humans is extraordinary to me. Paul Bettany kissing ideas thinking Doing the big budget films really makes you appreciate doing movies like Shelter. It's because this is like doing theater, you just have to hit the ground running Paul Bettany shelter appreciate running I find that our response to homelessness really puzzlingly. It's a peculiar response that people have. Paul Bettany homelessness peculiar people My experience of people is that they are infinitely forgivable. Paul Bettany people
