Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
CHRISTIAN BALEThe interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
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If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
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If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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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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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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn’t manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should’ve done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?
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You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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I seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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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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A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.
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