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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.

Christian Bale

The only thing that I’m obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Happiness Myself Obsession Sleep
I 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 BALE

Commitment Enjoyment Insanity Myself Need People Serious
I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Character Myself Nature Play Similarity Thinking
It’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth
I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Ambitious Enjoyment Expectation Happiness Myself
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Decision Kind Loose Man Run
I seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Fear Fight Injustice Prey Seek
The art of survival is a story that never ends.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Art End Story Survive
Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body is groaning and starting to really shout at you, saying, ‘Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?’
CHRISTIAN BALE

Easy Quick Shout Start Weight Yourself
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 BALE

Kind Love Machine Mood Movie Myself Try
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Definition Easy Generation Leaving Myself True Wrong
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Achievement End Movie Myself Old Stupid
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 BALE

Different Myself Pursue Role Wait
As an actor, I don’t feel like it’s necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn’t needed.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Competition Deal Feeling Greatness Myself Necessary Watch
I’ll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I’ll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Confusion Myself People Quite Situation
If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Admire Life Myself Reality

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