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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.

Christian Bale

I have a fear of being boring.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Boredom Fear Myself
I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Experience Feeling Kind Life Movie Myself Painful
We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Direction Life Ourselves Way
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Give Up Art Compromise Mercy People Proud Yourself
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Commitment Live Muscle Myself Obligation Reality Time
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
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
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Act Call Finding Funny Hilarious Job Live Man
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Goodness Movie Myself Thinking Tough Worst
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
Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Bad Truth Understand Yourself
No, 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?
CHRISTIAN BALE

Day Disappointment Each Other Feeling Manage Myself Occasion
My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Boredom Father Himself Influence
After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Burden Expectation Kind Modesty Movie Myself Success
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Attention Desire Fascination Man Myself Quiet
Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Career Myself Planning Trick

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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