You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
CHRISTIAN BALEI tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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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.
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I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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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It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.
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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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I swear, the bigger your muscles get, the duller you are. You become fascinated with carbs and protein and ripped abs and things that are just not interesting at all.
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There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
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I have a fear of being boring.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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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