Paul Bettany 'loathes' film industry

Paul Bettany ''loathes'' the movie industry but continues to love making films.

Paul Bettany finds the movie industry "repulsive".

The 40-year-old actor insists he still loves making films but hates everything that surrounds Hollywood, and thinks the standard of films are not as good these days as they used to be,

He said: "I loathe the movie business. I love making films but I loathe the business.

"And it sounds so mealy-mouthed; 'I've made a career in the film business, I've made money out of the film business, it's been really good to me. But it's kind of repulsive.

"And I hate to be one of those actors moaning about how the films were better in the past, but f**k me, films were just better in the past. Know what I mean? The 70s - f**k."

Paul admits he has made some "bad" movies and thinks it is "depressing" to not be totally in charge of his future, and thinks the only way to regain any control is to turn down projects.

He explained to The Guardian newspaper: "I've made some bad movies, but some of those bad movies have been other people's dreams, so it would be sort of inelegant to tread on all that.

"I've made movies because I've thought, 'God I really want my kids to have a house in the country.'

"It's depressing, not being in charge of one's destiny. So what you have the power to do as an actor is the power to say no. You don't have the power to say yes."