Paul Bettany Net Worth

Paul Bettany's Quotes

• The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who'd choose Paul McCartney ... After The Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and McCartney wrote "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". End of argument.
• My plan - well, it isn't much of a plan, but it's mine and I like it - is to try to do lots of different things.
• I love the way British people see ourselves. We say, 'He's like us, a bit of a loser.'
• A woman, who shall remain nameless, said to me, 'You're going to love LA, Paul, because over here ambition is not a dirty word.' And I thought, 'Well, you've named one of the things that I feel quite patriotic about.' It's still a little bit embarrassing in Britain if you're seen to try.
• One of my film heroes is Peter Weir, who made Fearless (1993) but also made Green Card (1990). Ang Lee makes a western, he makes a Seventies psycho movie, a costume drama and a monster movie. I wanted to be like that. I finished this in October and I haven't worked since, because my wife [the actress Jennifer Connelly] had just had the baby and I wanted to be with them. But I've just taken on a film called Firewall (2006), which is a thriller with Harrison Ford. I'm doing it because I've never done a thriller before and I just get ... I just get bored if I don't do different things.

Interesting Facts about Paul Bettany

1. Son of Thane Bettany and Anne Kettle. Has one older sister named Sarah, who lives in Cornwall (England) with her daughter Emaly.
2. Developed laryngitis after filming A Knight's Tale (2001) because of all the yelling he had to do as Geoffrey Chaucer.
3. Also plays the guitar, and used to busk on Westminster Bridge in London.
4. Acted for a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
5. Has a stepson named Kai Dugan (mother is Jennifer Connelly).
6. August 5, 2003 - his wife, Jennifer Connelly, gave birth to their first child, a boy.
7. Son's name is Stellan Bettany, named after the actor Stellan Skarsgård who acted with him in Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001), Dogville (2003) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
8. Apparently turned down the role of the Tooth Fairy in Red Dragon (2002) (most probably offered to him after his frightening appearance as psycho gangster in Gangster Number One (2000)) in favour of a much more poorly paid role in Lars von Trier's Dogville (2003).
9. Has appeared in many theatre productions, debuting in Stephen Daldry's production of "An Inspectors Calls," grabbing the American film industry's attention in Joe Penhall's "Love and Understanding." He also appeared in "One More Waster Year" and "Stranger's House."
10. Nominated for Best Actor for his role in Gangster No1 by London Film Critics Circle Awards.
11. Paul's "acting heroes" are Humphrey Bogart, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Peter O'Toole and Vincent Cassel.
12. When he was 16, his younger brother Matthew, who was 8, died in a fall. Consequently, he claimed to be obsessed with having lots of children.
13. Won Evening Standard Film Award 2001 for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight's Tale (2001).
14. Writer/director Brian Helgeland wrote the role of Chaucer in A Knight's Tale (2001) specifically for Paul. He "refused" to do the movie without him. The production companies did not think Bettany was known well enough, Helgeland thought that if he backed down on his choice of Bettany, he would have to back down on everything else.
15. Was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in June 2004.
16. He had to wear a wig for The Da Vinci Code (2006) because, when they bleached his hair, the bleach burned bleeding holes in his head.
17. Gave up smoking in 2005 after seeing his 2 year-old son, Stellan, imitating him with a pen.
18. His son's godfather is the actor Charlie Condou who starred with him in Dead Babies (2000) and Euston Road (2004).
19. Grandson of Olga Gwynne and Lesley Kettle.
20. His wife, Jennifer Connelly, is expecting their second child, her third [December 14, 2010].