Before the baby was born, I was making 2-3 films a year and I won't do that any more because I need to bring up a child so it's the slower journey.
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.
I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to.
I'm just a blond actor, you know.
I've got no history in comedy. I've never done stand-up or anything like this before. I usually play monosyllabic, moody bastards.
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.
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 only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it.
The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk about it.
Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.
Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment, the same is true for the love our children feel for us.
Play reaches the habits most needed for intellectual growth.
Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.
Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.
The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.
Bettany's acting career started in 1997 when he appeared in the TV movie Sharpe's Waterloo (1997).
Paul says that he's happy to have worked with Lars von Trier, even though they had their controversies during the making of Dogville (2003).
He met his wife, Jennifer Connelly, at the set of A Beautiful Mind (2001).
He won the London Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actor in the movie A Knight's Tale (2001).
He decided to go for an acting career at age 19.
Paul's got one sibling, his older sister Sarah Bettany.
He quit smoking when his son, Stellan, was borned.
He has a son, Stellan, born in 2003.
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