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After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.

Christian Bale

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.
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Certain Movie Myself Stability Start Trick
Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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Actor Bad Truth Understand Yourself
You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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Degree Discover Order Treat Yourself
The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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Art End Story Survive
It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.
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Definition Myself Work
I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It’s wonderful, isn’t it?
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Character Element Ideas Magic Movie Myself Wonderful
I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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Experience Life Myself Personal Play Scene
Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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Dedication Effort Hard Work Inspirational Yourself
Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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Attraction Darkness Intention Misery Myself
In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they’ll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.
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Comedy Doubt Leadership Myself Romance Romantic
It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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Act Empathy People Shoes True Understand
It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That’s partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they’ve done before.
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Different Myself Pursue Role Wait
The only thing that I’m obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Obsession Sleep
An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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Actor Big Himself Movie
I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people’s favorite movies. And that’s what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.
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Decision Intrigue Leaving Movie Myself People
People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I’m flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.
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Destroy Drama Example Ignorance Myself People Symbol

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