Paul Bettany
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"Paul Bettany" is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (film)/A Beautiful Mind (2001), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Dogville (2003), and the adaptation of the novel The Da Vinci Code (film)/The Da Vinci Code (2006). He is also known for his voice role as Edwin Jarvis#J.A.R.V.I.S./J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man (2008 film)/Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012 film)/The Avengers (2012), and Iron Man 3 (2013). He will portray Vision (Marvel Comics)/the Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

He has been nominated for various awards, including BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Bettany is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly, with whom he has three children.

His most commercially successful films have been The Da Vinci Code which grossed US$758 million, "The Avengers" which grossed over US$1.5 billion, and "Iron Man 3" which grossed over US$1.2 billion.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Listen. If we can't break the ice, how 'bout we drown it?

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

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.

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.