And being as I’m somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.
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?
More Christian Bale Quotes
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It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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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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All 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.
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There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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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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We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three Batman films. That’s enough. Let’s not get greedy. It’s a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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 are occasions when I’ve pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it’s absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.
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I have a fear of being boring.
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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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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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