“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.” SelfStoriesWantedActorsWatchesVainServingStorytellerBullyObnoxiousSelf Serving Author:Paul Bettany
“I really like telling stories. When I was a kid, I wanted to write songs. In quite a fundamental, gratifying, childish way, I enjoy the doing of telling a story.” WayWritingStoriesKidsWantedSongEnjoyFundamentalsTelling Stories Author:Paul Bettany
“I simply don't understand the refugee crisis. The history of humanity can be told through a story of migration and settlement. If I can't protect my family, I'm coming to where you are; I'm just coming. It's a round world, and we've all got to get on with it and move on.” IfsWorldI CanStoriesMovingHumanityProtectMy FamilyCrisisRoundsWhere You AreRefugeeSettlementMigrationRefugee CrisisRound WorldProtect My Family Author:Paul Bettany
“I wanted to know as the director how the actors wanted to tell this story I wanted to know what they thought.” KnowsStoriesWantedActorsDirectors 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
“People have suggested that perhaps we are too affluent to be telling this story, which is amazing to me because then I wonder what story I am allowed to tell. Having been working with the homeless for the past years, I noticed lots of things about them, but one thing I really noticed was that they were probably too busy just getting though the day to make a film about themselves.” PeopleYearsStoriesPastFilmWonderOne ThingBusyHomelessToo BusyAffluent Author:Paul Bettany
