“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” BigsRunningFilmAppreciateTheaterBudgetsShelter Author:Paul Bettany
“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.” PersonsHas BeensMightHumanityReadingLevelsSawsJudgmentAccountsScriptsDisgustingShelterHomelessMight Have Been Author:Paul Bettany
“I realized that this story [Shelter] is all about family, family loss, and how it influences you day to day life.” StoriesLossInfluenceI RealizedShelterDay To DayAbout FamilyDay LifeDay To Day Life Author:Paul Bettany
“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.” MadeMomentsKidsSchoolUsedLostRealizingChurchNumbersBecomingDadOne DayAccountsMy DadAppreciationHungryRealizationThat MomentShelterHomelessSaturdayHumbling Author:Paul Bettany
“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.” PeopleIfsLongDoeHas BeensSeemsCitiesHalfCostCourtAveragePopulationThings To DoRight ThingGrantsShelterIgnoredHomelessHousingNycHomeless PeopleEviction Author:Paul Bettany
