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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.

Christian Bale

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
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
Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
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Body Boredom Brain Exercise Work Yourself
Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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Embarrassment Stardom
Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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Career Myself Planning Trick
But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn’t mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right back up to 180, which is way too fast obviously. And that resulted in some doctors visits to get things sorted out.
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Doctor Enjoyment Mindset Myself Obviously Sick Sort Visit
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
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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Myself Occasion Pretend Respect Understand
I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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Around Intelligence Scripture Sound Writing
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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Big Fascination Interest Muscle Myself
In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they’ll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.
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Comedy Doubt Leadership Myself Romance Romantic
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.
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Competition Deal Feeling Greatness Myself Necessary Watch
I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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Confusion Image Kind Movie Myself People
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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Feeling Myself Play Safety
If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
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Emotion Feeling Job Risk Yourself
The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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Interesting Movie

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