Pretty sure cutscenes aren’t pausable, though admit I’ve not now played much for a while as I’ve been trying to save myself for the full game so I’m not as sure as I should be. I agree non-pausing scenes can be a real pain, though at least in EA I can’t think of any long cutscenes not interspersed with dialogue prompts past the opening credits.

"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"