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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.

Christian Bale

I like being responsible for myself.
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Accountable Myself Responsibility
It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.
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Definition Myself Work
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.
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Experience Feeling Kind Life Movie Myself Painful
The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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Interesting Movie
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.
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Built Character Happiness Learning Myself
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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Commitment Live Muscle Myself Obligation Reality Time
You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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Degree Discover Order Treat Yourself
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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Feeling Myself Play Safety
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?
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Day Disappointment Each Other Feeling Manage Myself Occasion
Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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Dedication Effort Hard Work Inspirational Yourself
It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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Future Pursue See Wait
I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.
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Certain Movie Myself Stability Start Trick
Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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Faith Goodness Reward Time Truth
Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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Attraction Darkness Intention Misery Myself
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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Attention Desire Fascination Man Myself Quiet
I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn’t have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.
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Attitude End Fake Live People Theory Yourself

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