Paul Bettany

“I was raised a Catholic and I'm a lapsed Catholic. I'm an atheist.”

“To be a working actor, you have to be a salesman. You have to be a hustler.”

“I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and I don't like that.”

“I think that the sanctimonious idea that you have to be a good person to be a good actor is crap.”

“For a long time, I was a bit of a tortured artist and I felt that I had to be that way to do a good job.”

“In my experience, the heavy-hitters, the ones who are really talented, are quiet and get on with their job.”

“I have a real problem with stillness. I can't be still. I can be quiet, but not still.”

“You can't be a parent and not be a feminist. You have to be a feminist. I'm a feminist.”

“The great thing about this job is that you're not in a routine. I don't have to go to the same place every day.”

“I think the thing about acting is that it's a very childish thing to want to do.”

“I'm not interested in fame. I'm interested in being an actor.”

“I was never a leading man. I've always been a character actor.”

“There's something very noble about being an actor.”

“I have a tendency to be a bit of a workaholic. I'm always working on something.”

“I really love my wife, and we have a very good marriage.”

“I've never been more in love with anyone nearly as much as I am with my wife.”

“I don't think you can be a director without a kind of benign ego.”