Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I’d love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I’m in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
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I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn’t have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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.
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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 never, in any city I’ve ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn’t know the name of the next street over.
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You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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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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Nuclear 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.
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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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I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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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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There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
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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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Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you’re giving it up, you’re at the mercy of so many other people.
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