Paul Bettany Quotes

I definitely feel like, as a singer, I've been able to transition into acting because I always saw them in the same vein. It's all about connecting and telling a story.

I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.

As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you're not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.

In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.

I enjoy directing, but I really like acting more. The idea of controlling the whole thing is not something that really appeals to me as much as being able to just control the world of the character that I'm dealing with.

Acting is always more fun for me.I love being a part of a story, I love collaborating, I love working with different directors. If I just directed more and more, it would lessen the opportunity to work with all these big directors that I've had the opportunity to work with.

Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

I love actors.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

I sing as an actress. Whatever I'm singing about, I just become the story.

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I came from stage in high school, and on stage you kind of overdo with putting on a character a little bit. Sometimes you become a character and sometimes the character becomes you.

Directing made me realise what I do as an actor that's extraneous, it focuses your mind on story, story, story.

At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

Acting was definitely half of what I loved about storytelling and about theater. So, when I get a chance to do a cameo in a show or do a movie, it's a lot of fun and it's always great stepping outside of yourself and either playing a bizarro version of yourself or playing a character.

I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them, and to tell a story and aid them, is really exciting for me.

No matter how much technique you draw on or how much training you have, acting is a mystery.

I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great.