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?
CHRISTIAN BALENo, 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?
CHRISTIAN BALEAll of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You’ve said that you will commit to this part, and I just can’t live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.
CHRISTIAN BALEI don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALEI do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.
CHRISTIAN BALEI feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.
CHRISTIAN BALEI would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
CHRISTIAN BALEBut I learned that there’s a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there’s not much else that can really get to ya.
CHRISTIAN BALENuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.
CHRISTIAN BALEThe only thing that I’m obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
CHRISTIAN BALESometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
CHRISTIAN BALEBeing misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’s very easy to leave when things go wrong, but to stick around and to basically give life to a town because of everything that it gave you generation after generation after generation, that to me is what defines a true American.
CHRISTIAN BALEWhatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
CHRISTIAN BALEA 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.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’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.
CHRISTIAN BALEI become a bit of a blank page in public. And that’s precisely why I like acting.
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