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.
CHRISTIAN BALEI seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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But 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.
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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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I 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.
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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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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 find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.
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We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit.
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All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.
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I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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I like being responsible for myself.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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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It’s tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don’t really make you think.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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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