I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALEI think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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I tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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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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I’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
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What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There’s got to be something a little bit loose in there.
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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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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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It’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.
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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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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they’ll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.
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It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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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 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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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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