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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.

Christian Bale

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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Built Character Happiness Learning Myself
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
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
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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Destroy Drama Example Ignorance Myself People Symbol
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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Fearless Recognition Scare Thinking Yourself
Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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Attraction Darkness Intention Misery Myself
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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Burden Expectation Kind Modesty Movie Myself Success
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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Deserve Dog Enough Faith Hunt Need People Reward Time Truth
I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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Around Intelligence Scripture Sound Writing
Research can be interesting, but it can be pointless as well. The realities of making a movie often are not conducive with that. I’m not knocking it. I love doing research myself, but I admit it doesn’t always add to the performance.
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Admit Movie Myself Point Reality Research
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.
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Confusion Myself People Quite Situation
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?’
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Easy Quick Shout Start Weight Yourself
And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
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Boredom Inheritance Myself Parents Worst Yourself
I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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Experience Life Myself Personal Play Scene
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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Feeling Goodness Kind Myself Work
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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Act Call Finding Funny Hilarious Job Live Man

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’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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