106 Quotes by Paul Bettany

I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.

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.

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.

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

I find that our response to homelessness really puzzlingly. It's a peculiar response that people have.

My experience of people is that they are infinitely forgivable.

I have no interest in movies that take you somewhere dark and leave you there, for no reason.

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

I learned so much about myself from reading this script and doing this movie [Shelter] because the level of judgment and the lack of humanity I saw in myself was disgusting. I never took into account what a homeless person might have been through.